Reconstruction of air shower muon densities using segmented counters with time resolution
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.06.001" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.06.001</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.06.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.06.001</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Reconstruction of air shower muon densities using segmented counters with time resolution
Original language description
Despite the significant experimental effort made in the last decades, the origin of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays is still largely unknown. Key astrophysical information to identify where these energetic particles come from is provided by their chemical composition. It is well known that a very sensitive tracer of the primary particle type is the muon content of the showers generated by the interaction of the cosmic rays with air molecules. We introduce a likelihood function to reconstruct particle densities using segmented detectors with time resolution. As an example of this general method, we fit the muon distribution at ground level using an array of counters like AMIGA, one of the Pierre Auger Observatory detectors. For this particular case we compare the reconstruction performance against a previous method. With the new technique, more events can be reconstructed than before.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10303 - Particles and field physics
Result continuities
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Astroparticle Physics
ISSN
0927-6505
e-ISSN
1873-2852
Volume of the periodical
82
Issue of the periodical within the volume
September
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
108-116
UT code for WoS article
000380595200013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84975880671