Production heights of muons determined with the Muon Tracking Detector of the KASCADE experiment

The capability of the Muon Tracking Detector to measure the radial and tangential angles of muons in extensive air showers, in combination with the shower direction as determined by the scintillator array of KASCADE experiment, has been investigated. Due to different characteristics in shower development of light and heavy primary particles the radial angle is sensitive to the mass of them. For estimating the displacement of the muon from the shower axis the tangential angle is used. The average radial angle and the muon production height have been studied as a function of shower core distance, muon number, and zenith angle. To check the consistency of the results, they have been compared to simulations, which have been done using the Monte Carlo program CORSEKA with the hadronic interaction model QGSJet.