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Air Shower Measurements in the Primary Energy Range from PeV to EeV
Recent results of advanced experiments with sophisticated measurements of
cosmic rays in the energy range of the so called knee at a few PeV indicate a
distinct knee in the energy spectra of light primary cosmic rays and an
increasing dominance of heavy ones towards higher energies. This leads to the
expectation of knee-like features of the heavy primaries at around 100 PeV. To
investigate in detail this energy region several new experiments are or will be
devised.Comment: 4 pages; submitted to Proceedings of 2nd Workshop on TeV
Astrophysics, Aug 28-31, 2006, Madison, W
Radio detection of cosmic rays: present and future
Digital radio detection of cosmic rays has made tremendous progress over the
past decade. It has become increasingly clear where the potential --- but also
the limitations --- of the technique lie. In this article, we discuss roads
that could be followed in future radio detection efforts and try to evaluate
the associated prospects and challenges.Comment: Contribution to the Proceedings of the UHECR2014 conference,
Springdale, UT; to be published in JPS Conf. Pro
Hadronic multiparticle production in extensive air showers and accelerator experiments
Using CORSIKA for simulating extensive air showers, we study the relation
between the shower characteristics and features of hadronic multiparticle
production at low energies. We report about investigations of typical energies
and phase space regions of secondary particles which are important for muon
production in extensive air showers. Possibilities to measure relevant
quantities of hadron production in existing and planned accelerator experiments
are discussed.Comment: To be published in Proceedings of ICRC 2005, 29th International
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