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Publications (84)

astro-ph.IM2012

Experimental evidence for the sensitivity of the air-shower radio signal to the longitudinal shower development

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +56

We observe a correlation between the slope of radio lateral distributions, and the mean muon pseudorapidity of 59 individual cosmic-ray-air-shower events. The radio lateral distrib…

astro-ph.HE2013

LOPES 3D - vectorial measurements of radio emission from cosmic ray induced air showers

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +52

LOPES 3D is able to measure all three components of the electric field vector of the radio emission from air showers. This allows a better comparison with emission models. The meas…

astro-ph.IM2019

Mini-EUSO experiment to study UV emission of terrestrial and astrophysical origin onboard of the International Space Station

M. Casolino, M. Battisti, A. Belov +42

Mini-EUSO will observe the Earth in the UV range (300 - 400 nm) offering the opportunity to study a variety of atmospheric events such as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), meteors…

astro-ph.HE2017

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

Jörg R. Hörandel, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +49

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 conduc…

astro-ph.HE2011

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

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez, K. Bekk +57

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

astro-ph.HE2013

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

S. Schoo, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +54

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 even…

astro-ph.IM2022

Status of the K-EUSO Orbital Detector of Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays

P. Klimov, M. Battisti, A. Belov +21

K-EUSO (KLYPVE-EUSO) is a planned orbital mission aimed at studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) by detecting fluorescence and Cherenkov light emitted by extensive air sh…

hep-ex2014

The wavefront of the radio signal emitted by cosmic ray air showers

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, L. Bähren +53

Analyzing measurements of the LOPES antenna array together with corresponding CoREAS simulations for more than 300 measured events with energy above eV and zenith angles…

astro-ph.HE2013

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

D. Kang, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +54

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 charge…

astro-ph.IM2025

The simulation chain for the Terzina Cherenkov telescope on board the NUSES space mission

M. Abdullahi, R. Aloisio, F. Arneodo +74

The Terzina telescope is designed to detect ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and Earth-skimming neutrinos from a 550 km low-Earth orbit (LEO) by observing Cherenkov light emi…

astro-ph.HE2023

Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays: The Intersection of the Cosmic and Energy Frontiers

A. Coleman, J. Eser, E. Mayotte +95

The present white paper is submitted as part of the "Snowmass" process to help inform the long-term plans of the United States Department of Energy and the National Science Foundat…

astro-ph.HE2020

An extensive-air-shower-like event registered with the TUS orbital detector

B. A. Khrenov, G. K. Garipov, M. A. Kaznacheeva +17

TUS (Tracking Ultraviolet Set-up) is the world's first orbital detector of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). It was launched into orbit on 28th April 2016 as a part of the sc…

astro-ph.IM2014

Reconstruction of the energy and depth of maximum of cosmic-ray air-showers from LOPES radio measurements

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez, L. Bähren +53

LOPES is a digital radio interferometer located at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, which measures radio emission from extensive air showers at MHz frequencies in…

astro-ph.HE2015

Comparing LOPES measurements of air-shower radio emission with REAS 3.11 and CoREAS simulations

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +52

Cosmic ray air showers emit radio pulses at MHz frequencies, which can be measured with radio antenna arrays - like LOPES at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. To im…

astro-ph.HE2013

Ankle-like Feature in the Energy Spectrum of Light Elements of Cosmic Rays Observed with KASCADE-Grande

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velà zquez, K. Bekk +54

Recent results of the KASCADE-Grande experiment provided evidence for a mild knee-like structure in the all-particle spectrum of cosmic rays at $E = 10^{16.92 \pm 0.10} \, \mathrm{…

astro-ph.HE2021

Results from the KASCADE-Grande Data Analysis

D. Kang, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +45

KASCADE-Grande and its original array of KASCADE were dedicated to measure individual air showers of cosmic rays with great detail in the primary energy range of 100 TeV up to 1 Ee…

astro-ph.HE2023

Results from recent analysis of KASCADE-Grande data

D. Kang, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, M. Bertaina +22

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…

astro-ph.IM2023

Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF Simulation and Analysis Framework

S. Abe, J. H. Adams, D. Allard +172

JEM--EUSO is an international program for the development of space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either u…

astro-ph.HE2018

Probing the evolution of the EAS muon content in the atmosphere with KASCADE-Grande

Grande Collaboration, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +47

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 at…

astro-ph.IM2022

Observation of night-time emissions of the Earth in the near UV range from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO detector

M. Casolino, D. Barghini, M. Battisti +47

Mini-EUSO (Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) is a telescope observing the Earth from the International Space Station since 2019. Th…

astro-ph.HE2019

Latest results from the KASCADE-Grande data analysis

D. Kang, A. Haungs, W. D. Apel +45

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…

astro-ph.IM2012

The JEM-EUSO Mission: Status and Prospects in 2011

EUSO Collaboration, J. H. Adams, S. Ahmad +256

Contributions of the JEM-EUSO Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011.

astro-ph.IM2021

Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope

Z. Plebaniak, M. Przybylak, D. Barghini +8

EUSO-TA is a ground-based experiment, placed at Black Rock Mesa of the Telescope Array site as a part of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Obse…

astro-ph.IM2013

Vectorial Radio Interferometry with LOPES 3D

D. Huber, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +53

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 Ins…

astro-ph.IM2022

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

D. Huber, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +54

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…

astro-ph.HE2015

Improved absolute calibration of LOPES measurements and its impact on the comparison with REAS 3.11 and CoREAS simulations

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez, L. Bähren +55

LOPES was a digital antenna array detecting the radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers. The calibration of the absolute amplitude scale of the measurements was done using an exte…

astro-ph.HE2013

An evaluation of the exposure in nadir observation of the JEM-EUSO mission

J. H. Adams, S. Ahmad, J. -N. Albert +258

We evaluate the exposure during nadir observations with JEM-EUSO, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory, on-board the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station…

astro-ph.HE2017

KASCADE-Grande Limits on the Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Flux between 100 TeV and 1 EeV

Grande Collaboration, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +48

KASCADE and KASCADE-Grande were multi-detector installations to measure individual air showers of cosmic rays at ultra-high energy. Based on data sets measured by KASCADE and KASCA…

astro-ph.IM2013

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

K. Link, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-VelÁzquez +53

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 emis…

astro-ph.IM2010

On noise treatment in radio measurements of cosmic ray air showers

F. G. Schröder, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +58

Precise measurements of the radio emission by cosmic ray air showers require an adequate treatment of noise. Unlike to usual experiments in particle physics, where noise always add…

astro-ph.HE2010

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

J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, W. D. Apel, K. Bekk +57

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 interac…

astro-ph.HE2010

Sensitivity of KASCADE-Grande data to hadronic interaction models

D. Kang, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +58

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 exper…

astro-ph.HE2013

High-energy cosmic rays measured with KASCADE-Grande

A. Haungs, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +54

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, energ…

astro-ph.HE2011

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

Grande Collaboration, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +58

We report the observation of a steepening in the cosmic ray energy spectrum of heavy primary particles at about eV. This structure is also seen in the all-partic…

astro-ph.HE2009

Cosmic Ray Measurements with the KASCADE-Grande Experiment

Grande Collaboration, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +58

14 KASCADE-Grande reports submitted to the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz, Poland, July 2009

astro-ph.HE2013

KASCADE-Grande measurements of energy spectra for elemental groups of cosmic rays

D. Fuhrmann, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +54

The KASCADE-Grande experiment, located at KIT-Karlsruhe, Germany, consists of a large scintillator array for measurements of charged particles, N_ch, and of an array of shielded sc…

astro-ph.IM2022

Description and performance results of the trigger logic of TUS and Mini-EUSO to search for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays from space

M. Bertaina, D. Barghini, M. Battisti +36

The trigger logic of the Tracking Ultraviolet Setup (TUS) and Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (Mini-EUSO) space-based projects of…

astro-ph.IM2020

Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: from the laboratory to the desert

J. H. Adams, L. Allen, R. Bachman +63

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) instrument was launched out of Wanaka, New Zealand, by NASA in April, 2017 as a mission of opportun…

astro-ph.IM2021

Expected Performance of the EUSO-SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope

G. Filippatos, M. Battisti, M. Bertaina +6

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory Supper Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) is under development, and will prototype instrumentation for future satellite-based missions, including…

astro-ph.HE2026

The JEM-EUSO Collaboration: Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2025)

M. Abdullahi, M. Abrate, J. H. Adams +163

This is a collection of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2025) (Geneva, Switzerland, July 14--24, 2025).

astro-ph.IM2013

LOPES 3D reconfiguration and first measurements

D. Huber, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +56

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 magne…

astro-ph.HE2026

JEM-EUSO Collaboration contributions to the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference

S. Abe, J. H. Adams, D. Allard +155

This is a collection of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Nagoya, Japan, July 26-August 3, 2023)

astro-ph.HE2022

Towards observations of nuclearites in Mini-EUSO

L. W. Piotrowski, D. Barghini, M. Battisti +38

Mini-EUSO is a small orbital telescope with a field of view of , observing the night-time Earth mostly in 320-420 nm band. Its time resolution spanning…

astro-ph.IM2014

First Experimental Characterization of Microwave Emission from Cosmic Ray Air Showers

R. Smida, F. Werner, R. Engel +55

We report the first direct measurement of the overall characteristics of microwave radio emission from extensive air showers. Using a trigger provided by the KASCADE-Grande air sho…

astro-ph.HE2009

Evolution of the cosmic ray anisotropy above 10^{14} eV

M. Aglietta, V. V. Alekseenko, B. Alessandro +23

The amplitude and phase of the cosmic ray anisotropy are well established experimentally between 10^{11} eV and 10^{14} eV. The study of their evolution into the energy region 10^{…

astro-ph.HE2019

Contributions to the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2019) of the JEM-EUSO Collaboration

G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +309

Compilation of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held July 24 through August 1, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin.

astro-ph.IM2013

LOPES-3D, an antenna array for full signal detection of air-shower radio emission

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +56

To better understand the radio signal emitted by extensive air-showers and to further develop the radio detection technique of high-energy cosmic rays, the LOPES experiment was rec…

astro-ph.IM2017

The EUSO@TurLab Project

H. Miyamoto, M. Bertaina, G. Cotto +16

The TurLab facility is a laboratory, equipped with a 5 m diameter and 1 m depth rotating tank, located in the Physics Department of the University of Turin. The tank has been built…

astro-ph.HE2013

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

J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez, W. D. Apel, K. Bekk +54

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 dif…

astro-ph.HE2010

The proton-air inelastic cross-section measurement at 2 TeV from EAS-TOP experiment

G. C. Trinchero, M. Aglietta, A. Castellina +20

The proton-air inelastic cross section value \sigmapairin=33821({\it stat})19({\it syst})-28({\it syst}) mb at 2 TeV has been measured by the EAS-TOP…

astro-ph.HE2023

Latest Analysis Results from the KASCADE-Grande Data

D. Kang, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, M. Bertaina +22

KASCADE-Grande, the extension of the multi-detector setup of KASCADE, was devoted to measure the properties of extensive air showers initiated by high-energy cosmic rays in the pri…

astro-ph.IM2013

Observation of Polarised Microwave Emission from Cosmic Ray Air Showers

R. Smida, F. Werner, R. Engel +55

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 ar…

astro-ph.IM2021

The Fluorescence Telescope on board EUSO-SPB2 for the detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

G. Osteria, J. Adams, M. Battisti +37

The Fluorescence Telescope is one of the two telescopes on board the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II (EUSO-SPB2). EUSO-SPB2 is an ultra-long-durat…

astro-ph.IM2016

A comparison of the cosmic-ray energy scales of Tunka-133 and KASCADE-Grande via their radio extensions Tunka-Rex and LOPES

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, L. Bähren +73

The radio technique is a promising method for detection of cosmic-ray air showers of energies around PeV and higher with an array of radio antennas. Since the amplitude of t…

astro-ph.IM2026

POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: A multi-messenger, multi-detector balloon payload

J. Adams, J. Alfaro, D. Allard +123

A review of the current status of the field of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) including a summary of remaining open questions was presented in the white paper "Ultra-High Ene…

astro-ph.IM2021

Measurement of UV light emission of the nighttime Earth by Mini-EUSO for space-based UHECR observations

K. Shinozaki, K. Bolmgren, D. Barghini +14

The JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program aims at the realization of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observation using wide f…

astro-ph.IM2015

Detection of ultra-high energy cosmic ray showers with a single-pixel fluorescence telescope

T. Fujii, M. Malacari, M. Bertaina +17

We present a concept for large-area, low-cost detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with a Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST), addressing t…

astro-ph.IM2013

Mass sensitivity in the radio lateral distribution function

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +56

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 e…

astro-ph.IM2024

EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science

EUSO Collaboration, G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe +292

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a N…

astro-ph.HE2012

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

Grande Collaboration, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +58

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 ex…

astro-ph.IM2023

Implications of Mini-EUSO measurements for a space-based observation of UHECRs

M. Bertaina, M. Battisti, M. Bianciotto +2

Mini-EUSO is the first mission of the JEM-EUSO program on board the International Space Station. It was launched in August 2019 and it is operating since October 2019 being located…

astro-ph.HE2019

Estimation of the exposure for the air shower detection mode of EUSO-SPB1

K. Shinozaki, M. Bertaina, F. Bisconti +11

EUSO-SPB1 was a balloon-borne pathfinder mission of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program. A 12-day long flight started from N…

physics.space-ph2021

An overview of the JEM-EUSO program and results

M. Bertaina

The field of UHECRs (Ultra-High energy cosmic Rays) and the understanding of particle acceleration in the cosmos, as a key ingredient to the behaviour of the most powerful sources…

astro-ph.HE2025

Cosmic ray energy spectra derived from KASCADE-Grande data using post-LHC hadronic interaction models

D. Kang, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, M. Bertaina +23

KASCADE-Grande was dedicated to measuring the energy spectrum and mass composition of cosmic rays in the energy range of 10 PeV to 1 EeV. We observed a knee-like structure in the h…

astro-ph.IM2018

The KASCADE Cosmic-ray Data Centre KCDC: Granting Open Access to Astroparticle Physics Research Data

A. Haungs, D. Kang, S. Schoo +49

The `KASCADE Cosmic ray Data Centre' is a web portal (\url{https://kcdc.ikp.kit.edu}), where the data of the astroparticle physics experiment KASCADE-Grande are made available for…

astro-ph.IM2019

Trigger developments for the fluorescence detector of EUSO-TA and EUSO-SPB2

M. Battisti, M. Bertaina, F. Fenu +6

The JEM-EUSO program aims at detecting Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) by observing the fluorescence light produced by extensive air showers (EAS) in the Earth's atmosphere.…

astro-ph.HE2013

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

P. Łuczak, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +53

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 c…

astro-ph.HE2013

KASCADE-Grande measurements of energy spectra for elemental groups of cosmic rays

Grande Collaboration, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velà zquez +55

The KASCADE-Grande air shower experiment [W. Apel, et al. (KASCADE-Grande collaboration), Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 620 (2010) 202] consists of, among others, a large scintillator a…

astro-ph.HE2009

Lateral Distribution of the Radio Signal in Extensive Air Showers Measured with LOPES

LOPES Collaboration, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +71

The antenna array LOPES is set up at the location of the KASCADE-Grande extensive air shower experiment in Karlsruhe, Germany and aims to measure and investigate radio pulses from…

astro-ph.IM2013

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

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +53

The LOPES experiment, a digital radio interferometer located at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), obtained remarkable results for the detection of radio emission from extens…

astro-ph.HE2013

Thunderstorm Observations by Air-Shower Radio Antenna Arrays

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +57

Relativistic, charged particles present in extensive air showers lead to a coherent emission of radio pulses which are measured to identify the shower initiating high-energy cosmic…

astro-ph.IM2015

Revised absolute amplitude calibration of the LOPES experiment

K. Link, T. Huege, W. D. Apel +54

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…

astro-ph.HE2026

JEM-EUSO Collaboration contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference

G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +289

Compilation of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held on July 12-23, 2021 (online) in Berlin, Germany.

astro-ph.HE2012

Radar reflection off extensive air showers

J. Stasielak, S. Baur, M. Bertaina +24

We investigate the possibility of detecting extensive air showers by the radar technique. Considering a bistatic radar system and different shower geometries, we simulate reflectio…

astro-ph.IM2020

Mini-EUSO mission to study Earth UV emissions on board the ISS

S. Bacholle, P. Barrillon, M. Battisti +57

Mini-EUSO is a telescope observing the Earth in the ultraviolet band from the International Space Station. It is a part of the JEM-EUSO program, paving the way to future larger mis…

astro-ph.HE2013

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

N. Palmieri, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +52

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 distri…

astro-ph.HE2013

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

F. G. Schröder, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +52

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 ar…

astro-ph.IM2015

KCDC - The KASCADE Cosmic-ray Data Centre

A. Haungs, J. Bluemer, B. Fuchs +51

KCDC, the KASCADE Cosmic-ray Data Centre, is a web portal, where data of astroparticle physics experiments will be made available for the interested public. The KASCADE experiment,…

astro-ph.HE2010

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

P. Doll, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +58

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 e…

astro-ph.HE2021

Final results of the LOPES radio interferometer for cosmic-ray air showers

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, L. Bähren +54

LOPES, the LOFAR prototype station, was an antenna array for cosmic-ray air showers operating from 2003 - 2013 within the KASCADE-Grande experiment. Meanwhile, the analysis is fini…

astro-ph.IM2018

First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere

G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +311

EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO). It was launched on the moonless night of the 25$^…

astro-ph.IM2017

The integration and testing of the Mini-EUSO multi-level trigger system

A. Belov, M. Bertaina, F. Capel +5

The Mini-EUSO telescope is designed by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration to observe the UV emission of the Earth from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) in low Ear…

astro-ph.IM2012

Summary Report of JEM-EUSO Workshop at KICP in Chicago

J. H. Adams, L. A. Anchordoqui, M. Bertaina +12

This document contains a summary of the workshop which took place on 22 - 24 February 2012 at the Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics in the University of Chicago. The goal of…

astro-ph.IM2015

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

F. G. Schröder, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +54

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 i…