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Reconstruction of events recorded with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
- Source :
- Journal of Instrumentation 15(10), P10021 (2020). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/P10021, Journal of Instrumentation, 15, 1-36, Journal of Instrumentation, Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2020, 15 (10), pp.P10021. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/P10021⟩, Journal of Instrumentation, 15 (10, Journal of Instrumentation, 15 (10), Art.-Nr. P10021, Journal of Instrumentation, 15(10):P10021. IOP PUBLISHING LTD, Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, instname, Journal of Instrumentation, 15(10):P10021. IOP Publishing Ltd., Digibug: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Journal of Instrumentation, 15, 10, pp. 1-36, Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Cosmic rays arriving at Earth collide with the upper parts of the atmosphere, thereby inducing extensive air showers. When secondary particles from the cascade arrive at the ground, they are measured by surface detector arrays. We describe the methods applied to the measurements of the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to reconstruct events with zenith angles less than 60 using the timing and signal information recorded using the water-Cherenkov detector stations. In addition, we assess the accuracy of these methods in reconstructing the arrival directions of the primary cosmic ray particles and the sizes of the induced showers.<br />Argentina - Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica<br />Argentina - Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT)<br />Argentina - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)<br />Argentina - Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza<br />Argentina - Municipalidad de Malargue<br />Argentina - NDM Holdings<br />Argentina - Valle Las Lenas<br />Australia - Australian Research Council<br />National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)<br />Brazil - Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP)<br />Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)<br />Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) 2019/10151-2 2010/07359-6 1999/05404-3<br />Brazil - Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia, Inovacoes e Comunicacoes (MCTIC)<br />Czech Republic Grant MSMT CR LTT18004 LM2015038 LM2018102 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_046/0016010 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_049/0008422<br />France - Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS<br />Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)<br />France - Conseil Regional Ile-de-France<br />France - Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS)<br />France - Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS)<br />French National Research Agency (ANR) LABEX ANR-10-LABX-63 ANR11-IDEX-0004-02<br />Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF)<br />German Research Foundation (DFG)<br />Germany - Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg<br />Germany - Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP)<br />Germany - Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)<br />Germany - Min-isterium fur Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen<br />Germany - Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg<br />Italy - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)<br />Italy - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)<br />Italy - Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR)<br />Italy - CETEMPS Center of Excellence<br />Italy - Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE)<br />Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) 167733<br />México - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)<br />México - PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM<br />The Netherlands - Ministry of Education, Culture and Science<br />Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)<br />The Netherlands - Dutch national e-infrastructure<br />The Netherlands - SURF Cooperative<br />Poland - Ministry of Science and Higher Education DIR/WK/2018/11<br />Poland - National Science Centre 2013/08/M/ST9/00322 2016/23/B/ST9/01635 HARMONIA 52013/10/M/ST9/00062 UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00198<br />Portugal - Portuguese national funds<br />Portugal - FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (COMPETE)<br />Romania - Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, the Program Nucleu within MCI PN19150201/16N/2019 PN19060102<br />Romania - Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, the Program Nucleu within PNCDI III PN-III-P11.2-PCCDI-2017-0839/19PCCDI/2018<br />Slovenian Research Agency - Slovenia P1-0031 P1-0385 I0-0033 N1-0111<br />Spain - Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad FPA2017-85114-P FPA2017-85197-P<br />Spain - Xunta de Galicia ED431C 2017/07<br />Junta de Andalucía SOMM17/6104/UGR<br />Spain - Feder Funds<br />Spain - RENATARedNacional Tematica de Astroparticulas FPA2015-68783-REDT<br />Spain - Maria de MaeztuUnit of Excellence MDM-2016-0692<br />United States Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC02-07CH11359 DE-FR02-04ER41300 DEFG02-99ER41107 DE-SC0011689<br />National Science Foundation (NSF) 0450696<br />U.S.A. - Grainger Foundation<br />U.S.A. - Marie Curie-IRSES/EPLANET<br />U.S.A. - European Particle Physics Latin American Network<br />U.S.A. - UNESCO
- Subjects :
- Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Astronomy
primary [cosmic radiation]
01 natural sciences
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Auger
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
0302 clinical medicine
surface [detector]
Observatory
[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]
Data Processing
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Large detector-systems performance
Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors
Instrumentation
Mathematical Physics
Largedetector-systems performance
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Physics
astro-ph.HE
Instrumentation et méthodes en physique
Detector
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
cascade
observatory
Cascade
ddc:620
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
atmosphere [showers]
air
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
water
FOS: Physical sciences
Cosmic ray
Atmosphere
03 medical and health sciences
Optics
0103 physical sciences
High Energy Physics
14. Life underwater
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
ddc:610
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Zenith
Engineering & allied operations
Pierre Auger Observatory
showers: atmosphere
010308 nuclear & particles physics
business.industry
hep-ex
detector: surface
Autres mathématiques
cosmic radiation: primary
Cherenkov counter
Experimental High Energy Physics
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic
High Energy Physics::Experiment
business
[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
RAIOS CÓSMICOS
astro-ph.IM
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17480221
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Instrumentation 15(10), P10021 (2020). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/P10021, Journal of Instrumentation, 15, 1-36, Journal of Instrumentation, Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2020, 15 (10), pp.P10021. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/P10021⟩, Journal of Instrumentation, 15 (10, Journal of Instrumentation, 15 (10), Art.-Nr. P10021, Journal of Instrumentation, 15(10):P10021. IOP PUBLISHING LTD, Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, instname, Journal of Instrumentation, 15(10):P10021. IOP Publishing Ltd., Digibug: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Journal of Instrumentation, 15, 10, pp. 1-36, Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2b84c3aacb5892bcec1c82d3edf89745
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-2021-02171