Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Aab, A. - Abreu, P. - Aglietta, M. - Blažek, Jiří - Boháčová, Martina - Chudoba, Jiří - Ebr, Jan - Mandát, Dušan - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Prouza, Michael - Řídký, Jan - Schovánek, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Vícha, Jakub … celkem 424 autorů
Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Journal of Instrumentation. Roč. 12, Mar (2017), 1-24, č. článku P03002. ISSN 1748-0221. E-ISSN 1748-0221
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT LM2015038; GA MŠMT LG15014; GA ČR(CZ) GA14-17501S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271
Klíčová slova: pattern recognition * cluster finding * calibration and fitting methods * performance of high energy physics detectors * front-end electronics for detectors
Obor OECD: Particles and field physics
Impakt faktor: 1.258, rok: 2017

AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory designed to extend its energy range of detection and to directly measure the muon content of the cosmic ray primary particle showers. The array will be formed by an infill of surface water-Cherenkov detectors associated with buried scintillation counters employed for muon counting. Each counter is composed of three scintillation modules, with a 10m(2) detection area per module. In this paper, a new generation of detectors, replacing the current multi-pixel photomultiplier tube (PMT) with silicon photo sensors (aka. SiPMs), is proposed. The selection of the new device and its front-end electronics is explained.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0275294