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1. A cosmic-ray database update: CRDB v4.1

Author: Maurin, D., Ahlers, M., Dembinski, H., Haungs, A., Mangeard, P. -S., Melot, F., Mertsch, P., Wochele, D., and Wochele, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The cosmic-ray database, CRDB, has been gathering cosmic-ray data for the community since 2013. We present a new release, CRDV v4.1, providing many new quantities and data sets, with several improvements made on the code and web interface, and with new visualisation tools. CRDB relies on the mySQL database management system, jquery and tsorter libraries for queries and sorting, and php web pages and ajax protocol for displays. A REST interface enables user queries from command line or scripts. A new (pip-installable) CRDB python library is developed and extensive jupyter notebook examples are provided. This release contains cosmic-ray dipole anisotropy data, high-energy $\bar{p}/p$ upper limits, some unpublished LEE and AESOP lepton time series, many more ultra-high energy data, and a few missing old data sets. It also includes high-precision data from the last three years, in particular the hundreds of thousands AMS-02 and PAMELA data time series (time-dependent plots are now enabled).All these data are shown in a gallery of plots, which can be easily reproduced from the public notebook examples. CRDB contains 314902 data points from 487 publications, in 4092 sub-experiments from 126 experiments., Comment: 15 pages, 6 tables, 7 figures (submitted to A&A)
Published: 2023
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2. Results from recent analysis of KASCADE-Grande data

Author: Kang, D., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Bertaina, M., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., de Souza, V., Engel, R., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Hörandel, J. R., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H., Link, K., Mathes, H. J., Ostapchenko, S., Pierog, T., Rivera-Rangel, D., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: KASCADE and its extension array of KASCADE-Grande were devoted to measure individual air showers of cosmic rays in the primary energy range of 100 TeV to 1 EeV. The experiment has substantially contributed to investigate the energy spectrum and mass composition of cosmic rays in the transition region from galactic to extragalactic origin of cosmic rays as well as to quantify the characteristics of hadronic interaction models in the air shower development through validity tests using the multi-detector information from KASCADE-Grande. Although the data accumulation was completed in 2013, data analysis is still continuing. Recently, we investigated the reliability of the new hadronic interactions models of the SIBYLL version 2.3d only with the energy spectra from the KASCADE-Grande data. The evolution of the muon content of high energy air showers in the atmosphere is studied as well, using EPOS-LHC, SIBYLL 2.3, QGSJET-II-04 and SIBYLL 2.3c. In this talk, recent results from KASCADE-Grande and the update of the KASCADE Cosmic Ray Data Centre (KCDC) will be discussed., Comment: Submission to SciPost Phys. Proc
Published: 2022

3. LOPES 3D -- studies on the benefits of EAS-radio measurements with vertically aligned antennas

Author: Huber, D., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., de Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H., Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Link, K., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmidt, A., Schoo, S., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Zabierowski, J., and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: The LOPES experiment was a radio interferometer built at the existing air shower array KASCADE-Grande in Karlsruhe, Germany. The last configuration of LOPES was called LOPES 3D and consisted of ten tripole antennas. Each of these antennas consisted of three crossed dipoles east-west, north-south, and vertically aligned. With this, LOPES 3D had the unique possibility to study the benefits of measurements with vertically aligned antennas in the environment of the well understood and calibrated particle detector array KASCADE-Grande. The measurements with three spatially coincident antennas allows a redundant reconstruction of the electric field vector. Several methods to exploit the redundancy were developed and tested. Furthermore, for the first time in LOPES, the background noise could be studied polarization- and direction dependent. With LOPES 3D it could be demonstrated that radio detection reaches a higher efficiency for inclined showers when including measurements with vertically aligned antennas and that the vertical component gets more important for the measurement of inclined showers. In this contribution we discuss a weighting scheme for the best combination of three redundant reconstructed electric field vectors. Furthermore, we discuss the influence of these weighting schemes on the ability to reconstruct air showers using the radio method. We show an estimate of the radio efficiency for inclined showers with focus on the benefits of measurements with vertically aligned antennas and we present the direction dependent noise in the different polarizations., Comment: Submission to the proceedings of the ARENA2014 workshop, which unfortunately were never published; thus documented here for reference
Published: 2022
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4. Development of a data infrastructure for a global data and analysis center in astroparticle physics

Author: Tokareva, V., Haungs, A., Kang, D., Kostunin, D., Polgart, F., Wochele, D., and Wochele, J.
Subjects: FOS: Computer and information sciences, Computer Science - Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing, FOS: Physical sciences, Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC), Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: Nowadays astroparticle physics faces a rapid data volume increase. Meanwhile, there are still challenges of testing the theoretical models for clarifying the origin of cosmic rays by applying a multi-messenger approach, machine learning and investigation of the phenomena related to the rare statistics in detecting incoming particles. The problems are related to the accurate data mapping and data management as well as to the distributed storage and high-performance data processing. In particular, one could be interested in employing such solutions in study of air-showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic and gamma rays, testing new hypotheses of hadronic interaction or cross-calibration of different experiments. KASCADE (Karlsruhe, Germany) and TAIGA (Tunka valley, Russia) are experiments in the field of astroparticle physics, aiming at the detection of cosmic-ray air-showers, induced by the primaries in the energy range of about hundreds TeVs to hundreds PeVs. They are located at the same latitude and have an overlap in operation runs. These factors determine the interest in performing a joint analysis of these data. In the German-Russian Astroparticle Data Life Cycle Initiative (GRADLCI), modern technologies of the distributed data management are being employed for establishing a reliable open access to the experimental cosmic-ray physics data collected by KASCADE and the Tunka-133 setup of TAIGA., 8 pages, 2 figures, The III International Workshop "Data life cycle in physics" (DLC-2019)
Published: 2019
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5. Recent results from the KASCADE-Grande cosmic-ray experiment --- Test of hadronic interaction models with air-shower data

Author: Hörandel, J. R., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Kai Daumiller, Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Fuhrmann, D., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Huber, D., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schoo, S., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Physik (inkl. Astronomie), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Cosmic rays provide an unique approach to study hadronic interactions at high energies in the kinematic forward direction. The KASCADE air shower experiment was the first to conduct quantitative tests of hadronic interactions with air shower data. A brief overview is given on results from KASCADE and its extension KASCADE-Grande with respect to investigations of hadronic interactions and the properties of cosmic rays., presented at EDS Blois 2017, Prague, Czech Republic, June 26-30, 2017
Published: 2017

6. Investigation of the radio wavefront of air showers with LOPES measurements and CoREAS simulations (ARENA 2014)

Author: Schröder, F. G., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huber, D., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmidt, A., Schoo, S., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Zabierowski, J., and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: We investigated the radio wavefront of cosmic-ray air showers with LOPES measurements and CoREAS simulations: the wavefront is of approximately hyperbolic shape and its steepness is sensitive to the shower maximum. For this study we used 316 events with an energy above 0.1 EeV and zenith angles below $45^\circ$ measured by the LOPES experiment. LOPES was a digital radio interferometer consisting of up to 30 antennas on an area of approximately 200 m x 200 m at an altitude of 110 m above sea level. Triggered by KASCADE-Grande, LOPES measured the radio emission between 43 and 74 MHz, and our analysis might strictly hold only for such conditions. Moreover, we used CoREAS simulations made for each event, which show much clearer results than the measurements suffering from high background. A detailed description of our result is available in our recent paper published in JCAP09(2014)025. The present proceeding contains a summary and focuses on some additional aspects, e.g., the asymmetry of the wavefront: According to the CoREAS simulations the wavefront is slightly asymmetric, but on a much weaker level than the lateral distribution of the radio amplitude., Comment: Proceedings of ARENA 2014, Anapolis, USA
Published: 2015
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7. Reconstructing energy and Xmax of cosmic ray air showers using the radio lateral distribution measured with LOPES

Author: Apel, W. D., Arteaga, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., de Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huber, D., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. H., Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Link, K., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmid, A., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., Zabierowski, J., and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, LOPES, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Digital radio, Computational physics, Interferometry, Distribution function, Air shower, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Noise (radio), Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The LOPES experiment, a digital radio interferometer located at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), obtained remarkable results for the detection of radio emission from extensive air showers at MHz frequencies. Features of the radio lateral distribution function (LDF) measured by LOPES are explored in this work for a precise reconstruction of two fundamental air shower parameters: the primary energy and the shower Xmax. The method presented here has been developed on (REAS3-)simulations, and is applied to LOPES measurements. Despite the high human-made noise at the LOPES site, it is possible to reconstruct both the energy and Xmax for individual events. On the one hand, the energy resolution is promising and comparable to the one of the co-located KASCADE-Grande experiment. On the other hand, Xmax values are reconstructed with the LOPES measurements with a resolution of 90 g/cm2 . A precision on Xmax better than 30 g/cm2 is predicted and achievable in a region with a lower human-made noise level., 9 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings ARENA 2012
Published: 2013

8. Mass sensitivity in the radio lateral distribution function

Author: Apel, W. D., Arteaga, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Buchholz, P., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Finger, M., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huber, D., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. H., Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Link, K., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmid, A., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., Zabierowski, J., and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: Measuring the mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays is one of the main tasks in the cosmic rays field. Here we are exploring the composition signature in the coherent electromagnetic emission from extensive air showers, detected in the MHz frequency range. One of the experiments that successfully detects radio events in the frequency band of 40-80 MHz is the LOPES experiment at KIT. It is a digital interferometric antenna array and has the important advantage of taking data in coincidence with the particle detector array KASCADE-Grande. A possible method to look at the composition signature in the radio data, predicted by simulations, concerns the radio lateral distribution function, since its slope is strongly correlated with Xmax. Recent comparison between REAS3 simulations and LOPES data showed a significantly improved agreement in the lateral distribution function and for this reason an analysis on a possible LOPES mass signature through the slope method is promising. Trying to reproduce a realistic case, proton and iron showers are simulated with REAS3 using the LOPES selection information as input parameters. The obtained radio lateral distribution slope is analyzed in detail. The lateral slope method to look at the composition signature in the radio data is shown here and a possible signature of mass composition in the LOPES data is discussed., Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2013
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9. Comparison of LOPES data and CoREAS simulations using a full detector simulation (ICRC2013)

Author: Link, K., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huber, D., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K-H, Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmidt, A., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Zabierowski, J., and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: The LOPES experiment at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, has been measuring radio emission of air showers for almost 10 years. For a better understanding of the emission process a detailed comparison of data with simulations is necessary. This is possible using a newly developed detector simulation including all LOPES detector components. After propagating a simulated event through this full detector simulation a standard LOPES like event file is written. LOPES data and CoREAS simulations can then be treated equally and the same analysis software can be applied to both. This gives the opportunity to compare data and simulations directly. Furthermore, the standard analysis software can be used with simulations which provide the possibility to check the accuracy regarding reconstruction of air shower parameters. We point out the advantages and present first results using such a full LOPES detector simulation. A comparison of LOPES data and the Monte Carlo code CoREAS based on an analysis using this detector simulation is shown., Comment: 4 pages, presented at the International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2013, paper ID 0844
Published: 2013
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10. Energy spectra of KASCADE-Grande based on shower size measurements and different hadronic interaction models

Author: Kang, D., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Bluemer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Curcio, C., Daumiller, K., de Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Engler, J., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hoerandel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Oehlschlaeger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schoo, S., Schroeder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, D., Wochele, J., and Collaboration, J. Zabierowski - KASCADE-Grande
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: KASCADE-Grande is dedicated for investigations of cosmic-ray air showers in the primary energy range from 10 PeV to 1 EeV. The multi-detector system allows us to reconstruct charged particles, electron and muon numbers for individual air showers with high accuracies. Based on the shower size ($N_{ch}$) spectra of the charged particle component, the all-particle energy spectrum of cosmic rays is reconstructed, where attenuation effects in the atmosphere are corrected by applying the constant intensity cut method. The energy calibration is performed by using CORSIKA simulations with high-energy interaction models QGSJET-II-2, QGSJET-II-4, EPOS 1.99 and SIBYLL 2.1, where FLUKA has been used as low-energy interaction model for all cases. In the different hadronic models, different abundances for shower particles are predicted. Such model differences in the observables will be compared and discussed in this contribution. Furthermore, by using data with increasing statistics, the updated energy spectra by means of different interaction models will be presented., Comment: 4 pages, paper presented at the International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio De Janeiro, 2013, paper ID 0521
Published: 2013
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11. Cosmic Ray Measurements with LOPES: Status and Recent Results (ARENA 2012)

Author: Schröder, F. G., Apel, W. D., Arteaga, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., de Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huber, D., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H., Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmidt, A., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Zabierowski, J., and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: LOPES is a digital antenna array at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, for cosmic-ray air-shower measurements. Triggered by the co-located KASCADE-Grande air-shower array, LOPES detects the radio emission of air showers via digital radio interferometry. We summarize the status of LOPES and recent results. In particular, we present an update on the reconstruction of the primary-particle properties based on almost 500 events above 100 PeV. With LOPES, the arrival direction can be reconstructed with a precision of at least 0.65{\deg}, and the energy with a precision of at least 20 %, which, however, does not include systematic uncertainties on the absolute energy scale. For many particle and astrophysics questions the reconstruction of the atmospheric depth of the shower maximum, Xmax, is important, since it yields information on the type of the primary particle and its interaction with the atmosphere. Recently, we found experimental evidence that the slope of the radio lateral distribution is indeed sensitive to the longitudinal development of the air shower, but unfortunately, the Xmax precision at LOPES is limited by the high level of anthropogenic radio background. Nevertheless, the developed methods can be transferred to next generation experiments with lower background, which should provide an Xmax precision competitive to other detection technologies., Comment: The following article has been accepted by AIP Conference Proceedings. Proceedings of ARENA 2012, Erlangen, Germany; to appear on http://proceedings.aip.org/
Published: 2013
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12. The study in the primary energy range 10^{16} - 10^{17} eV with the Muon Tracking Detector in the KASCADE-Grande experiment

Author: ��uczak, P., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Vel��zquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Bl��mer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Curcio, C., Daumiller, K., de Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Engler, J., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., H��randel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H., Kang, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Oehlschl��ger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schoo, S., Schr��der, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The KASCADE-Grande Muon Tracking Detector enables with high accuracy the measurement of directions of EAS muons with energy above 0.8 GeV and up to 700 m distance from the shower centre. Reconstructed muon tracks are used to investigate muon pseudorapidity (eta) distributions. These distributions are nearly identical to the pseudorapidity distributions of their parent mesons produced in hadronic interactions. Comparison of the eta distributions from measured and simulated showers can be used to test the quality of the high energy hadronic interaction models. In this context a comparison of the QGSJet-II-2 and QGSJet-II-4 model will be shown. The pseudorapidity distributions reflect the longitudinal development of EAS and, as such, are sensitive to the mass of the cosmic rays primary particles. With various parameters of the eta distribution, obtained from the MTD data, it is possible to calculate the mean logarithmic mass of CRs. The results of the analysis in the primary energy range 10^{16} eV - 10^{17} eV with the 1st quartile (Q1) of eta distribution will be presented., 4 pages, paper presented at the International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio De Janeiro, 2013, paper ID 0528
Published: 2013
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13. LOPES 3D reconfiguration and first measurements

Author: Huber, D., Apel, W. D., Arteaga, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Buchholz, P., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Finger, M., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmidt, A., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., Zabierowski, J., and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: The Radio detection technique of high-energy cosmic rays is based on the radio signal emitted by the charged particles in an air shower due to their deflection in the Earth's magnetic field. The LOPES experiment at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany with its simple dipoles made major contributions to the revival of this technique. LOPES is working in the frequency range from 40 to 80 MHz and was reconfigured several times to improve and further develop the radio detection technique. In the current setup LOPES consists of 10 tripole antennas which measure the complete electric field vector of the radio emission from cosmic rays. LOPES is the first experiment measuring all three vectorial components at once and thereby gaining the full information about the electric field vector and not only a two-dimensional projection. Such a setup including also measurements of the vertical electric field component is expected to increase the sensitivity to inclined showers and help to advance the understanding of the emission mechanism. We present the reconfiguration and calibration procedure of LOPES 3D and discuss first measurements., Comment: Proceedings
Published: 2013
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14. Study of the muon content of very high-energy EAS measured with the KASCADE-Grande observatory

Author: Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Apel, W. D., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Bluemer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Curcio, C., Daumiller, K., Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Engler, J., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hoerandel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Oehlschlaeger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Tanguy Pierog, Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schoo, S., Schroeder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, D., Wochele, J., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The KASCADE-Grande detector is an air-shower array devoted to the study of primary cosmic rays with very high-energies (E = 10^{16} - 10^{18} eV). The instrument is composed of different particle detector systems suitable for the detailed study of the properties of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) developed by cosmic rays in the atmosphere. Among the EAS observables studied with the detector, the charged number of particles, the muon content (at different energy thresholds), and the number of electrons are found. By comparing the measurements of these air-shower parameters with the expectations from MC simulations, different hadronic interaction models can be tested at the high-energy regime with the KASCADE-Grande experiment. In this work, the results of a study on the evolution of the muon content of EAS with zenith angle, performed with the KASCADE-Grande instrument, is presented. Measurements are compared with predictions from MC simulations based on the QGSJET II, QGSJET II-04, SIBYLL 2.1 and EPOS 1.99 hadronic interaction models. A mismatch between experiment and simulations is observed. A similar problem is found for the evolution of the lateral distribution function of muons in the atmosphere., Comment: 4 pages, paper presented at the International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio De Janeiro, 2013, paper ID 772
Published: 2013
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15. Kneelike structure in the spectrum of the heavy component of cosmic rays observed with KASCADE-Grande

Author: Collaboration, The KASCADE-Grande, Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Bluemer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Buchholz, P., Cantoni3, 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., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hoerandel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H., Kang, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Navarra, G., Oehlschlaeger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Over, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schroeder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Range (particle radiation), Muon, Component (thermodynamics), Astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Spectrum (functional analysis), FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Observable, Astrophysics, ENERGIA, Charged particle, KASCADE, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries)
Abstract: We report the observation of a steepening in the cosmic ray energy spectrum of heavy primary particles at about $8 \times 10^{16}$ eV. This structure is also seen in the all-particle energy spectrum, but is less significant. Whereas the `knee' of the cosmic ray spectrum at $3-5 \times 10^{15}$ eV was assigned to light primary masses by the KASCADE experiment, the new structure found by the KASCADE-Grande experiment is caused by heavy primaries. The result is obtained by independent measurements of the charged particle and muon components of the secondary particles of extensive air showers in the primary energy range of $10^{16}$ to $10^{18}$ eV. The data are analyzed on a single-event basis taking into account also the correlation of the two observables., 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted by PRL, published October, 7th, 2011
Published: 2011

16. First results of the CROME experiment

Author: Smida, R., Bluemer, H., Engel, R., Haungs, A., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H., Klages, H., Kleifges, M., Kroemer, O., Mathys, S., Rautenberg, J., Riegel, M., Roth, M., Salamida, F., Schieler, H., Stasielak, J., Unger, M., Weber, M., Werner, F., Wilczynski, H., and Wochele, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Detector, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), High Energy Physics - Experiment, Cosmic rays, Microwave, Radio emission, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: It is expected that a radio signal in the microwave range is produced in the atmosphere due to molecular bremsstrahlung initiated by extensive air showers. The CROME (Cosmic-Ray Observation via Microwave Emission) experiment was built to search for this microwave signal. Radiation from the atmosphere is monitored in the extended C band (3.4--4.2 GHz) in coincidence with showers detected by the KASCADE-Grande experiment. The detector setup consists of several parabolic antennas and fast read-out electronics. The sensitivity of the detector has been measured with different methods. First results after half a year of data taking are presented., Comment: Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, China, August 2011
Published: 2011
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17. Sensitivity of KASCADE-Grande data to hadronic interaction models

Author: Kang, D., 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., 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., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H, Kickelbick, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, 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., Palmieria, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: KASCADE-Grande is a large detector array dedicated for studies of high-energy cosmic rays in the primary energy range from 100 TeV to 1 EeV. The multi-detector concept of the experimental set-up offers the possibility to measure simultaneously various observables related to the electromagnetic, muonic, and hadronic air shower components. The experimental data are compared to predictions of CORSIKA simulations using high-energy hadronic interaction models (e.g. QGSJET or EPOS), as well as low-energy interaction models (e.g. FLUKA or GHEISHA). This contribution will summarize the results of such investigations. In particular, the validity of the new EPOS version 1.99 for EAS with energy around 100 PeV will be discussed., Comment: Talk given at XVI International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions ISVHECRI 2010, Batavia, IL, USA (28 June 2 July 2010). 4 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2010
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18. The KASCADE-Grande experiment: measurements of the all-particle energy spectrum of cosmic rays

Author: Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Apel, W. D., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Buchholz, P., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Daumiller, K., 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., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H, Kickelbick, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, 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., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The all-particle energy spectrum as measured by the KASCADE-Grande experiment for E = 10^{16} - 10^{18} eV is presented within the framework of the QGSJET II/FLUKA hadronic interaction models. Three different methods were applied based on the muon size and the total number of charged particles individually and in combination. From the study it is found that the spectrum cannot be completely described by a smooth power law due to the presence of characteristic features., Comment: Invited talk given at XVI International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions ISVHECRI 2010, Batavia, IL, USA (28 June 2 July 2010). 6 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2010
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19. Amplified radio emission from cosmic ray air showers in thunderstorms

Author: Buitink, S., Apel, W. D., Asch, T., Badea, F., Bahren, L., Bekk, K., Bercuci, A., Bertaina, Mario Edoardo, Biermann, P. L., Blumer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Bruggemann, M., Buchholz, P., Butcher, H., Chiavassa, Andrea, Cossavella, F., Daumiller, K., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Gemmeke, H., Ghia, P. L., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Horandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huege, T., Kampert, K. H., Kolotaev, Y., Kromer, O., Kuijpers, J., Lafebre, S., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Meurer, C., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Navarra, Gianni Maria, Nehls, S., Nigl, A., Obenland, R., Oehlschlager, J., Ostapchenko, S., Over, S., Petcu, M., Petrovic, J., Pierog, T., Plewnia, S., Rebel, H., Risse, A., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Sima, O., Singh, K., Stumpert, M., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., van Buren, J., Walkowiak, W., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Zabierowski, J., Zensus, J. A., and Zimmermann, D.
Subjects: Physics, LOPES, Astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Radiation, Particle acceleration, Air shower, Space and Planetary Science, Electric field, Ionization, Thunderstorm
Abstract: Cosmic ray air showers produce radio emission, consisting in large part of geosynchrotron emission. Since the radiation mechanism is based on particle acceleration, the atmospheric electric field can play an important role. Especially inside thunderclouds large electric fields can be present. We examine the contribution of an electric field to the emission mechanism theoretically and experimentally. Two mechanisms of amplification of radio emission are considered: the acceleration radiation of the shower particles and the radiation from the current that is produced by ionization electrons moving in the electric field. We selected and evaluated LOPES data recorded during thunderstorms, periods of heavy cloudiness and periods of cloudless weather. We find that during thunderstorms the radio emission can be strongly enhanced. No amplified pulses were found during periods of cloudless sky or heavy cloudiness, suggesting that the electric field effect for radio air shower measurements can be safely ignored during non-thunderstorm conditions., Comment: accepted for publication in A&A, 11 pages, 17 figures
Published: 2007
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20. High-energy cosmic rays measured with Kascade-Grande

Author: Haungs, A., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Curcio, C., Daumiller, K., Vitor de souza, Pierro, F. D. I., Doll, P., Engel, R., Engler, J., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schoo, S., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, D., Wochele, J., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Physik (inkl. Astronomie), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The detection of high-energy cosmic rays above a few hundred TeV is realized by the observation of extensive air-showers. By using the multi-detector setup of KASCADE-Grande, energy spectrum, elemental composition, and anisotropies of high-energy cosmic rays in the energy range from below the knee up to 2 EeV are investigated. In addition, the large high-quality data set permits distinct tests of the validity of hadronic interaction models used in interpreting air-shower measurements. After more than 16 years, the KASCADE-Grande experiment terminated measurements end of 2012. This contribution will give an overview of the main results of the data analysis achieved so far, and will report about the status of KCDC, the KASCADE Cosmic-ray Data Center, where via a web-based interface the data will be made available for the interested public., 4 pages, paper presented at the International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio De Janeiro, 2013, paper ID 0300

21. Latest results from the KASCADE-Grande data analysis

Author: Kang, D., Haungs, A., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Kai Daumiller, Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Fuhrmann, D., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H, Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Milke, J., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Rivera-Rangel, D., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schoo, S., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Over the past 20 years, KASCADE and its extension KASCADE-Grande were dedicated to measure high-energy cosmic rays with primary energies of 100 TeV to 1 EeV. The data accumulation was fully completed and all experimental components were dismantled, though the analysis of the high-quality data is still continued. E.g., we investigated the validity of the hadronic interaction model of the new SIBYLL version 2.3c. We also published a new result of a search for large-scale anisotropies performed with the KASCADE-Grande data. Investigation of the attenuation length of the muon in the atmosphere is also updated with the predictions of the SIBYLL 2.3 interaction model. We investigated, in addition, the muon content of high-energy air showers and compared them to all post-LHC interaction models. In this contribution, the new and updated results from KASCADE-Grande will be presented. An update of the web-based data center KCDC offering the original scientific data from KASCADE-Grande to the public will be briefly discussed as well., Comment: Proceedings of the 36th ICRC 2019, Madison, USA

22. The energy-spectrum of light primaries in the range from $10^{16.6}$ to $10^{18.2}$ eV

Author: Schoo, S., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Bluemer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Curcio, C., Daumiller, K., Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Engler, J., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hoerandel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Oehlschlaeger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schroeder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, D., Wochele, J., and Zabierowski-Kascade-Grande Collaboration, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Data of the Grande extension of the KASCADE experiment allows us to study extensive air showers induced by primary cosmic rays with energies above 10^{16} eV. The energy of an event is estimated in terms of the number of charged particles (Nch ) and the number of muons (N{\mu} ) measured at an altitude of 110 m a.s.l. While a combination of the two numbers is used for the energy, the ratio defines the primary mass (group). The spectrum of the combined light and medium mass components, recently measured with KASCADE-Grande, was found to be compatible with both a single power-law and a broken power-law in the energy range between 10^{16.3} and 10^{18} eV. In this contribution we will present the investigation of possible structures in the spectrum of light primaries with increased statistics both from a larger data set including more recent measurements and by using a larger fiducial area than in the previous study. With the better statistical accuracy and with optimized selection criteria for enhancing light primaries we have found evidence for a hardening (ankle) of the spectrum of the light component at an energy of 10^{17.08+-0.08} eV., Comment: 4 pages, paper presented at the International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio De Janeiro, 2013, paper ID 0527

23. KASCADE-Grande - Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011

Author: Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Bluemer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Buchholz, P., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Daumiller, K., 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., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hoerandel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Navarra, G., Oehlschlaeger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Over, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schroeder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Contributions of the KASCADE-Grande Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011., 42 pages, 10 contributions plus index

24. Longitudinal EAS-Development Studies in the Air-Shower Experiment KASCADE-Grande

Author: Doll, P., 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., Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Engel, R., Engler, J., Finger, M., Fuhrmann, D., Ghia, P. L., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., 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., Palmieria, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: A large area (128 m^2) Muon Tracking Detector (MTD), located within the KASCADE experiment, has been built with the aim to identify muons (E_mu > 0.8 GeV) and their directions in extensive air showers by track measurements under more than 18 r.l. shielding. The orientation of the muon track with respect to the shower axis is expressed in terms of the radial- and tangential angles. By means of triangulation the muon production height H_mu is determined. By means of H_mu, a transition from light to heavy cosmic ray primary particle with increasing shower energy Eo from 1-10 PeV is observed. Muon pseudorapidity distributions for the first interactions above 15 km are studied and compared to Monte Carlo simulations., Presented at the XVI International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2010), Batavia, IL, USA (28 June 2 July 2010). 4 pages, 3 figures

25. The spectrum of high-energy cosmic rays measured with KASCADE-Grande

Author: The KASCADE-Grande Collaboration, Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Bluemer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Buchholz, P., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Daumiller, K., 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., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hoerandel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Kickelbick, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrica, B., Morello, C., Navarra, G., Oehlschlaeger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Over, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schroeder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: Astronomy, Transition regions, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Power law, Extragalactic origin, KASCADE-Grande, Cosmic ray measurement, Computer Science::Systems and Control, Energy spectrum, Energy spectra, Extensive air showers, Extragalactic origin, High-energy cosmic rays, KASCADE-Grande, Transition regions, Ultra high-energy cosmic rays, Charged particles, Cosmic ray measurement, Spectroscopy, Cosmic rays, Extensive air showers, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Spectroscopy, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Astrophysical Processes, Muon, Charged particles, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, ASTROFÍSICA, High-energy cosmic rays, Charged particle, Energy spectra, KASCADE, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Ultra high-energy cosmic rays
Abstract: The energy spectrum of cosmic rays between 10**16 eV and 10**18 eV, derived from measurements of the shower size (total number of charged particles) and the total muon number of extensive air showers by the KASCADE-Grande experiment, is described. The resulting all-particle energy spectrum exhibits strong hints for a hardening of the spectrum at approximately 2x10**16 eV and a significant steepening at c. 8x10**16 eV. These observations challenge the view that the spectrum is a single power law between knee and ankle. Possible scenarios generating such features are discussed in terms of astrophysical processes that may explain the transition region from galactic to extragalactic origin of cosmic rays., accepted by Astroparticle Physics June 2012

26. Vectorial radio interferometry with lopes 3D

Author: Huber, D., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., Souza, V. D. E., Pierro, F. D. I., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Link, K., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmidt, A., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Janusz Zabierowski, and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: One successful detection technique for high-energy cosmic rays is based on the radio signal emitted by the charged particles in an air shower. The LOPES experiment at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, has made major contributions to the evolution of this technique. LOPES was reconfigured several times to improve and further develop the radio detection technique. In the latest setup LOPES consisted of 10 tripole antennas. With this, LOPES 3D was the first cosmic ray experiment measuring all three vectorial field components at once and thereby gaining the full information about the electric field vector. We present an analysis based on the data taken with special focus on the benefits of a direct measurement of the vertical polarization component. We demonstrate that by measuring all polarization components the detection and reconstruction efficiency is increased and noisy single channel data can be reconstructed by utilising the information from the other two channels of one antenna station., Comment: Proceedings of 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, RIO 2013

27. Observation of Polarised Microwave Emission from Cosmic Ray Air Showers

Author: Smida, R., Werner, F., Engel, R., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Bluemer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hoerandel, J. R., Huber, D., Huege, T., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Klages, H., Kleifges, M., Kroemer, O., Link, K., Luczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Mathys, S., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Neunteufel, P., Oehlschlaeger, J., Palmieri, N., Pekala, J., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Riegel, M., Roth, M., Salamida, F., Schieler, H., Schoo, S., Schroeder, F. G., Sima, O., Stasielak, J., Toma, G., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Unger, M., Weber, M., Weindl, A., Wilczynski, H., Will, M., Wochele, J., and Zabierowski, J.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: We report on the first direct measurement of the basic features of microwave radio emission from extensive air showers. Using a trigger provided by the KASCADE-Grande air shower array, the signals of the microwave antennas of the CROME (Cosmic-Ray Observation via Microwave Emission) experiment have been read out and searched for signatures of radio emission by high-energy air showers. Microwave signals have been detected for more than 30 showers with energies above $3\times10^{16}$\,eV. The observations presented in this Letter are consistent with a mainly forward-beamed, coherent and polarised emission process in the GHz frequency range. An isotropic, unpolarised radiation is disfavoured as the dominant emission model. The measurements show that microwave radiation offers a new means of studying air showers at very high energy.

28. Investigation on the energy and mass composition of cosmic rays using LOPES radio data

Author: Palmieri, N., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., Souza, V. D. E., Pierro, F. D. I., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Fuchs, B., Fuhrmann, D., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huber, D., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K. -H, Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Link, K., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Saftoiu, A., Schieler, H., Schmidt, A., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., and Janusz Zabierowski
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The sensitivity to the mass composition as well as the reconstruction of the energy of the primary particle are explored here by leveraging the features of the radio lateral distribution function. For the purpose of this analysis, a set of events measured with the LOPES experiment is reproduced with the latest CoREAS radio simulation code. Based on simulation predictions, a method which exploits the slope of the radio lateral distribution function is developed (Slope Method) and directly applied on measurements. As a result, the possibility to reconstruct both the energy and the depth of the shower maximum of the cosmic ray air shower using radio data and achieving relatively small uncertainties is presented., Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings for International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) 2013, Rio De Janeiro; paper ID 439

29. Update on the Combined Analysis of Muon Measurements from Nine Air Shower Experiments

Author: Soldin, D., Fomin, Yu A., Kalmykov, N. N., Karpikov, I. S., Kulikov, G. V., Kuznetsov, M. Yu, Rubtsov, G. I., Sulakov, V. P., Troitsky, S. V., Abbasi, R., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, M., Alispach, C., Alves, A. A., Amin, N. M., An, R., Andeen, K., Anderson, T., Anton, G., Argüelles, C., Ashida, Y., Axani, S., Bai, X., Balagopal, A. V., Barbano, A., Barwick, S. W., Bastian, B., Basu, V., Baur, S., Bay, R., Beatty, J. J., Becker, K. -H, Becker Tjus, J., Bellenghi, C., Benzvi, S., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Besson, D. Z., Binder, G., Bindig, D., Blaufuss, E., Blot, S., Boddenberg, M., Bontempo, F., Borowka, J., Böser, S., Botner, O., Böttcher, J., Bourbeau, E., Bradascio, F., Braun, J., Bron, S., Brostean-Kaiser, J., Browne, S., Burgman, A., Burley, R. T., Busse, R. S., Campana, M. A., Carnie-Bronca, E. G., Chen, C., Chirkin, D., Choi, K., Clark, B. A., Clark, K., Classen, L., Coleman, A., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Coppin, P., Correa, P., Cowen, D. F., Cross, R., Dappen, C., Dave, P., Clercq, C., Delaunay, J. J., Dembinski, H., Deoskar, K., Ridder, S., Desai, A., Desiati, P., Vries, K. D., Wasseige, G., With, M., Deyoung, T., Dharani, S., Diaz, A., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dittmer, M., Dujmovic, H., Dunkman, M., Duvernois, M. A., Dvorak, E., Ehrhardt, T., Eller, P., Engel, R., Erpenbeck, H., Evans, J., Evenson, P. A., Fan, K. L., Fazely, A. R., Fiedlschuster, S., Fienberg, A. T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer, L., Fox, D., Franckowiak, A., Friedman, E., Fritz, A., Fürst, P., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganster, E., Garcia, A., Garrappa, S., Gerhardt, L., Ghadimi, A., Glaser, C., Glauch, T., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Gonzalez, J. G., Goswami, S., Grant, D., Grégoire, T., Griswold, S., Gündüz, M., Günther, C., Haack, C., Hallgren, A., Halliday, R., Halve, L., Halzen, F., Ha Minh, M., Hanson, K., Hardin, J., Harnisch, A. 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P., Krasilnikov, A. D., Ksenofontov, I. V., Ksenofontov, L. T., Lebedev, K. G., Matarkin, S. V., Mokhnachevskaya, V. P., Neustroev, N. I., Petrov, I. S., Proshutinsky, A. S., Sabourov, A. V., Sleptsov, I. Ye, Struchkov, G. G., Timofeev, L. V., and Yakovlev, B. B.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear physics, Shower, Air shower, Orders of magnitude (time), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Over the last two decades, various experiments have measured muon densities in extensive air showers over several orders of magnitude in primary energy. While some experiments observed differences in the muon densities between simulated and experimentally measured air showers, others reported no discrepancies. We will present an update of the meta-analysis of muon measurements from nine air shower experiments, covering shower energies between a few PeV and tens of EeV and muon threshold energies from a few 100 MeV to about 10 GeV. In order to compare measurements from different experiments, their energy scale was cross-calibrated and the experimental data has been compared using a universal reference scale based on air shower simulations. Above 10 PeV, we find a muon excess with respect to simulations for all hadronic interaction models, which is increasing with shower energy. For EPOS-LHC and QGSJet-II.04 the significance of the slope of the increase is analyzed in detail under different assumptions of the individual experimental uncertainties., Presented at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)

30. Revised absolute amplitude calibration of the LOPES experiment

Author: Link, K., Huege, T., Apel, W. D., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Bähren, L., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Biermann, P. L., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I. M., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Daumiller, K., Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Falcke, H., Fuchs, B., Gemmeke, H., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hiller, R., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Huber, D., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K-H, Kang, D., Krömer, O., Kuijpers, J., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Melissas, M., Morello, C., Oehlschläger, J., Palmieri, N., Pierog, T., Rautenberg, J., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Rühle, C., Alexandra Saftoiu, Schieler, H., Schmidt, A., Schoo, S., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Toma, G., Trinchero, G. C., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Zabierowski, J., and Zensus, J. A.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: One of the main aims of the LOPES experiment was the evaluation of the absolute amplitude of the radio signal of air showers. This is of special interest since the radio technique offers the possibility for an independent and highly precise determination of the energy scale of cosmic rays on the basis of signal predictions from Monte Carlo simulations. For the calibration of the amplitude measured by LOPES we used an external source. Previous comparisons of LOPES measurements and simulations of the radio signal amplitude predicted by CoREAS revealed a discrepancy of the order of a factor of two. A re-measurement of the reference calibration source, now performed for the free field, was recently performed by the manufacturer. The updated calibration values lead to a lowering of the reconstructed electric field measured by LOPES by a factor of $2.6 \pm 0.2$ and therefore to a significantly better agreement with CoREAS simulations. We discuss the updated calibration and its impact on the LOPES analysis results., Comment: Proceedings of the 34th ICRC, The Hague, The Netherlands, PoS(ICRC2015)311

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1. A cosmic-ray database update: CRDB v4.1

2. Results from recent analysis of KASCADE-Grande data

3. LOPES 3D -- studies on the benefits of EAS-radio measurements with vertically aligned antennas

4. Development of a data infrastructure for a global data and analysis center in astroparticle physics

5. Recent results from the KASCADE-Grande cosmic-ray experiment --- Test of hadronic interaction models with air-shower data

6. Investigation of the radio wavefront of air showers with LOPES measurements and CoREAS simulations (ARENA 2014)

7. Reconstructing energy and Xmax of cosmic ray air showers using the radio lateral distribution measured with LOPES

8. Mass sensitivity in the radio lateral distribution function

9. Comparison of LOPES data and CoREAS simulations using a full detector simulation (ICRC2013)

10. Energy spectra of KASCADE-Grande based on shower size measurements and different hadronic interaction models

11. Cosmic Ray Measurements with LOPES: Status and Recent Results (ARENA 2012)

12. The study in the primary energy range 10^{16} - 10^{17} eV with the Muon Tracking Detector in the KASCADE-Grande experiment

13. LOPES 3D reconfiguration and first measurements

14. Study of the muon content of very high-energy EAS measured with the KASCADE-Grande observatory

15. Kneelike structure in the spectrum of the heavy component of cosmic rays observed with KASCADE-Grande

16. First results of the CROME experiment

17. Sensitivity of KASCADE-Grande data to hadronic interaction models

18. The KASCADE-Grande experiment: measurements of the all-particle energy spectrum of cosmic rays

19. Amplified radio emission from cosmic ray air showers in thunderstorms

20. High-energy cosmic rays measured with Kascade-Grande

21. Latest results from the KASCADE-Grande data analysis

22. The energy-spectrum of light primaries in the range from $10^{16.6}$ to $10^{18.2}$ eV

23. KASCADE-Grande - Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011

24. Longitudinal EAS-Development Studies in the Air-Shower Experiment KASCADE-Grande

25. The spectrum of high-energy cosmic rays measured with KASCADE-Grande

26. Vectorial radio interferometry with lopes 3D

27. Observation of Polarised Microwave Emission from Cosmic Ray Air Showers

28. Investigation on the energy and mass composition of cosmic rays using LOPES radio data

29. Update on the Combined Analysis of Muon Measurements from Nine Air Shower Experiments

30. Revised absolute amplitude calibration of the LOPES experiment

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