Latest results and perspectives of the KASCADE-Grande EAS Facility

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 662; pp. S150 - S156
• Main Authors: Haungs, A., Apel, W.D., Arteaga-Velázquez, J.C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I.M., Buchholz, P., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Daumiller, K., de Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Engler, J., Finger, M., Fuhrmann, D., Ghia, P.L., Gils, H.J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Heck, D., Hörandel, J.R., Huege, T., Isar, P.G., Kampert, K.-H., Kang, D., Kickelbick, D., Klages, H.O., Link, K., łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H.J., Mayer, H.J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Navarra, G., Nehls, S., Oehlschläger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Over, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schröder, F.G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G.C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., Zabierowski, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 11.01.2012
• Subjects: Cosmic ray air shower; Energy spectrum radio detection; KASCADE–Grande; Cosmic ray air shower; KASCADE–Grande; Energy spectrum radio detection
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.126

KASCADE-Grande is a multi-detector experiment at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) in Germany for measuring extensive air showers in the primary energy range of 100 TeV to 1 EeV. This paper does not provide a synopsis of all results of the KASCADE-Grande experiment. Rather it is focused on three aspects of current interests illustrating the advantages of a multi-detector facility. Results on the analysis of individual energy spectra of primary mass groups around the knee obtained by unfolding the shower size measurements of KASCADE with the help of the new hadronic interaction model EPOS and the all-particle energy spectrum at higher energies obtained by Grande measurements will be discussed. As KASCADE-Grande serves also as host of the LOPES radio detection experiment where both experiments measure the same showers, special emphasis will be given in comparing the characteristics and feasibility of both techniques in estimating the main parameters of high-energy primary cosmic rays: energy, composition, and arrival direction.