AugerPrime surface detector electronics

0581829 - FZÚ 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Abdul Halim, A. - Abreu, P. - Aglietta, M. - Bakalová, Alena - Blažek, Jiří - Boháčová, Martina - Chudoba, Jiří - Ebr, Jan - Hamal, Petr - Janeček, Petr - Juryšek, Jakub - Majerčáková, Margita - Mandát, Dušan - Müller, Ana Laura - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Prouza, Michael - Řídký, Jan - dos Santos, Eva M. Martins - Schovánek, Petr - Stadelmaier, Maximilian Klaus - Tobiška, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Vícha, Jakub - Yushkov, Alexey … Total 377 authors
AugerPrime surface detector electronics.
Journal of Instrumentation. Roč. 18, č. 10 (2023), č. článku P10016. ISSN 1748-0221. E-ISSN 1748-0221
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LTT18004; GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2018102; GA MŠMT(CZ) EF18_046/0016010; GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001402
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics * detector readout concepts
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Impact factor: 1.3, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access

Operating since 2004, the Pierre Auger Observatory has ledto major advances in our understanding of the ultra-high-energycosmic rays. The latest findings have revealed new insights that ledto the upgrade of the Observatory, with the primary goal ofobtaining information on the primary mass of the most energeticcosmic rays on a shower-by-shower basis. In the framework of theupgrade, called AugerPrime, the 1660 water-Cherenkov detectors ofthe surface array are equipped with plastic scintillators and radioantennas, allowing us to enhance the composition sensitivity. Toaccommodate new detectors and to increase experimental capabilities,the electronics is also upgraded. This includes better timing withup-to-date GPS receivers, higher sampling frequency, increaseddynamic range, and more powerful local processing of the data. Inthis paper, the design characteristics of the new electronics andthe enhanced dynamic range will be described.
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