New insights from old cosmic rays: A novel analysis of archival KASCADE data

Discussion timeslot (ZOOM-Meeting): 13. July 2021 - 18:00
ZOOM-Meeting URL: https://desy.zoom.us/j/92210078166
ZOOM-Meeting ID: 92210078166
ZOOM-Meeting Passcode: ICRC2021
Corresponding Session: https://icrc2021-venue.desy.de/channel/05-CR-Mass-composition-CRI/73
Live-Stream URL: https://icrc2021-venue.desy.de/livestream/Discussion-03/4

Abstract:
'Cosmic ray data collected by the KASCADE air shower experiment are competitive in terms of quality and statistics with those of modern observatories. We present a novel mass composition analysis based on archival data acquired from 1998 to 2013 provided by the KASCADE Cosmic ray Data Center (KCDC). The analysis is based on modern machine learning techniques trained on simulation data provided by KCDC. We present spectra for individual groups of primary nuclei, the results of a search for anisotropies in the event arrival directions taking mass composition into account, and search for gamma-ray candidates in the PeV energy domain'

Authors: Dmitriy Kostiunin | Plokhikh Ivan | Markus Ahlers | Victoria Tokareva | Pavel Bezyazeekov | Rustam Mullyadzhanov | Ev Sotnikova
Indico-ID: 623
Proceeding URL: https://pos.sissa.it/395/319