{"paper":{"title":"Probing the evolution of the EAS muon content in the atmosphere with KASCADE-Grande","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.HE","authors_text":"A. Chiavassa, A. Gherghel-Lascu, A. Haungs, A. Weindl, B. Mitrica, C. Grupen, C. Morello, D. Fuhrmann, D. Heck, D. Kang, E. Cantoni, F. Cossavella, F. Di Pierro, F.G. Schr\\\"oder, G.C. Trinchero, G. Toma, H. Bozdog, H.J. Gils, H.J. Mathes, H.J. Mayer, H.O. Klages, H. Rebel, H. Schieler, H. Ulrich, I.M. Brancus, J. Bl\\\"umer, J.C. Arteaga-Vel\\'azquez, J. Milke, J. Oehlschl\\\"ager, J.R. H\\\"orandel, J. Wochele, J. Zabierowski, KASCADE-Grande Collaboration: W.D. Apel, K. Bekk, K. Daumiller, K.-H. Kampert, K. Link, M. Bertaina, M. Roth, O. Sima, P. Doll, P. {\\L}uczak, R. Engel, R. Glasstetter, S. Ostapchenko, S. Schoo, T. Huege, T. Pierog, V. de Souza","submitted_at":"2018-01-17T00:59:23Z","abstract_excerpt":"The evolution of the muon content of very high energy air showers (EAS) in the atmosphere is investigated with data of the KASCADE-Grande observatory. For this purpose, the muon attenuation length in the atmosphere is obtained to $\\Lambda_\\mu = 1256 \\, \\pm 85 \\, ^{+229}_{-232}(\\mbox{syst})\\, \\mbox{g/cm}^2$ from the experimental data for shower energies between $10^{16.3}$ and $10^{17.0} \\, \\mbox{eV}$. Comparison of this quantity with predictions of the high-energy hadronic interaction models QGSJET-II-02, SIBYLL 2.1, QGSJET-II-04 and EPOS-LHC reveals that the attenuation of the muon content of"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1801.05513","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}