The scintillator surface detector of the Pierre Auger observatory

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378271%3A_____%2F25%3A00640093" target="_blank" >RIV/68378271:_____/25:00640093 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11320/25:10510663 RIV/61989592:15310/25:73634065
Result on the web
<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0370538" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0370538</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/08/P08002" target="_blank" >10.1088/1748-0221/20/08/P08002</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The scintillator surface detector of the Pierre Auger observatory
Original language description
Data collected so far by the Pierre Auger Observatory have enabled major advances in ultra-high energy cosmic ray physics and demonstrated that improved determination of masses of primary cosmic-ray particles, preferably on an event-by-event basis, is necessary for understanding their origin and nature. Improvement in primary mass measurements was the main motivation for the upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory, called AugerPrime. As part of this upgrade, scintillator detectors are added to the existing water-Cherenkov surface detector stations. By making use of the differences in detector response to the electromagnetic particles and muons between scintillator and water-Cherenkov detectors, the electromagnetic and muonic components of cosmic-ray air showers can be disentangled. Since the muonic component is sensitive to the primary mass, such combination of detectors provides a powerful way to improve primary mass composition measurements over the original Auger surface detector design. In this paper, the so-called Scintillator Surface Detectors are discussed, including their design characteristics, production process, testing procedure and deployment in the field.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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