Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory consists of 1600 water-Cherenkov detectors, for the study of extensive airshowers (EAS) generated by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. We describe the trigger hierarchy, from the identification of candidates howers at the level of a single dete...

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Autor principal: Dova, María Teresa
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Publicado: 2010
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Física
ultra high energy, cosmic rays, Auger Observatory, extensive airshowers, trigger exposure
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/72462
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topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
ultra high energy, cosmic rays, Auger Observatory, extensive airshowers, trigger exposure
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Física
ultra high energy, cosmic rays, Auger Observatory, extensive airshowers, trigger exposure
Dova, María Teresa
Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Física
ultra high energy, cosmic rays, Auger Observatory, extensive airshowers, trigger exposure
description The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory consists of 1600 water-Cherenkov detectors, for the study of extensive airshowers (EAS) generated by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. We describe the trigger hierarchy, from the identification of candidates howers at the level of a single detector, amongst a large background (mainly random single cosmic ray muons), up to the selection of real events and the rejection of random coincidences. Such trigger makes the surface detector array fully efficient for the detection of EAS with energy above 3 x 10<SUP>18</SUP> eV, for all zenith angles between 03 and 603, independently of the position of the impact point and of the mass of the primary particle. In the serange of energies and angles, the exposure of the surface array can be determined purely on the basis of the geometrical acceptance.
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author Dova, María Teresa
author_facet Dova, María Teresa
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title Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_short Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_full Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_fullStr Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_full_unstemmed Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
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