2000/04/17 by T. Antoni, W.D. Apel, F. Badea +44 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0927-6505(00)00125-0
published as Astropart.Phys.14:245-260,2001 · 28 pages, 14 figures, Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics
arxiv created 2000/04/17 · openalex publication_date 2001/01/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Measurements of electron, muon, and hadron lateral distributions of extensive air showers as recorded by the KASCADE experiment are presented. The data cover the energy range from about 5x1014 eV up to almost 1017 eV and extend from the inner core region to distances of 200 m. The electron and muon distributions are corrected for mutual contaminations by taking into account the detector properties in the experiment. All distributions are well described by NKG-functions. The scale radii describing the electron and hadron data best are approx. 30 m and 10 m, respectively. We discuss the correlation between scale radii and `age' parameter as well as their dependence on shower size, zenith angle, and particle energy threshold.