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M. Petcu
Publications - 165
Citations - 3752
M. Petcu is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: KASCADE & Cosmic ray. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 165 publications receiving 3563 citations.
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The knee of cosmic rays - news from KASCADE
H. Ulrich,W. D. Apel,J. C. Arteaga,A.F. Badea,K. Bekk,Alexandru Bercuci,M. E. Bertaina,J. Blümer,H. Bozdog,I.M. Brancus,M. Brüggemann,Peter Buchholz,Andrea Chiavassa,F. Cossavella,Kai Daumiller,V. de Souza,F. Di Pierro,P. Doll,R. Engel,J. Engler,M. Finger,D. Fuhrmann,P. L. Ghia,H.J. Gils,R. Glasstetter,Claus Grupen,A. Haungs,D. Heck,J.R. Hörandel,T. Huege,K. H. Kampert,D. Kickelbick,H.O. Klages,Y. Kolotaev,P. Luczak,H. J. Mathes,H.J. Mayer,C. Meurer,J. Milke,B. Mitrica,C. Morello,G. Navarra,S. Nehls,J. Oehlschläger,S. Ostapchenko,S. Over,M. Petcu,T. Pierog,S. Plewnia,H. Rebel,A. Risse,Markus Roth,H. Schieler,Octavian Sima,M. Stümpert,G. Toma,G. C. Trinchero,J. van Buren,Wolfgang Walkowiak,A. Weindl,J. Wochele,J. Zabierowski +61 more
TL;DR: In this article, the KASCADE experiment was used to measure the energy spectrum of single cosmic ray elements in the range between 1 PeV and 100 PeV in the knee region.
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On the influence of cross sections and elasticities of hadronic interactions on air shower observables
Jörg R. Hörandel,T. Antoni,W. D. Apel,F. Badea,K. Bekk,Alexandru Bercuci,M. E. Bertaina,J. Blümer,H. Bozdog,I.M. Brancus,M. Brüggemann,Peter Buchholz,C. Büttner,Andrea Chiavassa,Kai Daumiller,F. Di Pierro,P. Doll,R. Engel,J. Engler,F. Feßler,P. L. Ghia,H.J. Gils,R. Glasstetter,A. Haungs,D. Heck,K. H. Kampert,H.O. Klages,Y. Kolotaev,Gernot Maier,H. J. Mathes,H.J. Mayer,J. Milke,B. Mitrica,C. Morello,Marcio Aparecido Muller,G. Navarra,R. Obenland,J. Oehlschläger,S. Ostapchenko,S. Over,M. Petcu,S. Plewnia,H. Rebel,A. Risse,Markus Roth,H. Schieler,J. Scholz,M. Stümpert,T. Thouw,G. Toma,G. C. Trinchero,H. Ulrich,S. Valchierotti,J. van Buren,Wolfgang Walkowiak,A. Weindl,J. Wochele,J. Zabierowski,S. Zagromski,D. Zimmermann +59 more
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of uncertainties in the knowledge of properties of individual hadronic interactions on the development of extensive air showers, the inelastic proton-proton cross section and the elasticity of interactions have been modified within the interaction model QGSJET.
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Reconstruction of total muon number in kascade-grande
J. van Buren,T. Antoni,W. D. Apel,F. Badea,K. Bekk,Alexandru Bercuci,M. E. Bertaina,H. Blümer,H. Bozdog,I.M. Brancus,M. Brüggemann,Peter Buchholz,C. Büttner,A. Chiavassa,Kai Daumiller,F. Di Pierro,P. Doll,R. Engel,J. Engler,F. Feßler,P. L. Ghia,H.J. Gils,R. Glasstetter,A. Haungs,D. Heck,J.R. Hörandel,K. H. Kampert,H.O. Klages,Y. Kolotaev,Gernot Maier,H. J. Mathes,H.J. Mayer,J. Milke,B. Mitrica,C. Morello,Marcio Aparecido Muller,G. Navarra,R. Obenland,J. Oehlschläger,S. Ostapchenko,S. Over,M. Petcu,S. Plewnia,H. Rebel,A. Risse,Markus Roth,H. Schieler,J. Scholz,M. Stümpert,T. Thouw,G. Toma,G. C. Trinchero,H. Ulrich,S. Valchierotti,Wolfgang Walkowiak,A. Weindl,J. Wochele,J. Zabierowski,S. Zagromski,D. Zimmermann +59 more
TL;DR: The KASCADE-Grande experiment as mentioned in this paper extends the existing extensive air shower experiment by an array of 37 detector stations spread over an area of 0.5 km2, which measures the charged component of the air showers.
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On a coherent investigation of the spectrum of cosmic rays in the energy range of 10 14 – 10 18 eV with KASCADE and KASCADE-Grande
S. Schoo,W. D. Apel,J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez,K. Beck,M. E. Bertaina,J. Blümer,H. Bozdog,I.M. Brancus,E. Cantoni,E. Cantoni,A. Chiavassa,F. Cossavella,Kai Daumiller,V. de Souza,F. Di Pierro,P. Doll,Ralph Engel,D. Fuhrmann,Alexandru Gherghel-Lascu,H.J. Gils,R. Glasstetter,Claus Grupen,A. Haungs,D. Heck,Jörg R. Hörandel,D. Huber,T. Huege,K. H. Kampert,D. Kang,H.O. Klages,K. Link,P. Łuczak,H. J. Mathes,H.J. Mayer,J. Milke,B. Mitrica,C. Morello,J. Oehlschläger,S. Ostapchenko,N. Palmieri,M. Petcu,T. Pierog,H. Rebel,Markus Roth,H. Schieler,F.G. Schröder,Octavian Sima,G. Toma,G.C. Trinchero,H. Ulrich,A. Weindl,J. Wochele,J. Zabierowski +52 more
TL;DR: In this article, a coherent analysis based on the combined data of both arrays is expected to profit from reconstructed shower observables with even higher accuracy compared to the stand-alone analyses.
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Muon Production Height investigated by the Air-Shower Experiment KASCADE-Grande
P. Doll,W. D. Apel,J.C. Arteaga,F. Badea,K. Bekk,M. E. Bertaina,H. Blümer,H. Bozdog,I.M. Brancus,M. Brüggemann,Peter Buchholz,E. Cantoni,Andrea Chiavassa,F. Cossavella,Kai Daumiller,V. de Souza,F. Di Pierro,R. Engel,J. Engler,M. Finger,D. Fuhrmann,Piera Luisa Ghia,H.J. Gils,R. Glasstetter,C. Grupen,A. Haungs,D. Heck,J.R. Hörandel,T. Huege,Paula Gina Isar,K. H. Kampert,D. Kang,D. Kickelbick,H.O. Klages,Y. Kolotaev,P. Łuczak,H. J. Mathes,H.J. Mayer,J. Milke,B. Mitrica,C. Morello,G. Navarra,S. Nehls,J. Oehlschläger,S. Ostapchenko,S. Over,M. Petcu,T. Pierog,H. Rebel,Markus Roth,H. Schieler,Frank G. Schröder,Octavian Sima,M. Stümpert,G. Toma,G.C. Trinchero,H. Ulrich,J. van Buren,Wolfgang Walkowiak,A. Weindl,J. Wochele,M. Wommer,J. Zabierowski +62 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a large area (128m2) Muon Tracking Detector (MTD) was built with the aim to identify muons (E μ > 0.8 GeV ) and their directions in extensive air showers by track measurements under more than 18 r.l. shielding.