Muon Production Height from the Muon Tracking Detector in KASCADE

摘要

The Muon Tracking Detector (MTD;E_(mu)~(th)=0.8 GeV) [5] of the KASCADE-Grande experiment enables the analysis of the longitudinal shower development by means of the Muon Production Height (MPH).The analysis employes radial and tangential angles of the muon track with respect to the shower direction,and the distance of the muon hit to the shower core.Comparing analysed MPH distributions with Monte Carlo simulations (CORSIKA) [6] an increase of of the primary cosmic rays with lg(N_(mu)~(tr)) is observed.