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Title:Measurement of the water-Cherenkov detector response to inclined muons using an RPC hodoscope
Authors:ID Assis, Pedro (Author)
ID Filipčič, Andrej (Author)
ID Kukec Mezek, Gašper (Author)
ID Saleh, Ahmed (Author)
ID Stanič, Samo (Author)
ID Trini, Marta (Author)
ID Veberič, Darko (Author)
ID Vorobiov, Serguei (Author)
ID Yang, Lili (Author)
ID Zavrtanik, Danilo (Author)
ID Zavrtanik, Marko (Author), et al.
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Language:English
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Typology:1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization:UNG - University of Nova Gorica
Abstract:The Pierre Auger Observatory operates a hybrid detector composed of a Fluorescence Detector and a Surface Detector array. Water-Cherenkov detectors (WCD) are the building blocks of the array and as such play a key role in the detection of secondary particles at the ground. A good knowledge of the detector response is of paramount importance to lower systematic uncertainties and thus to increase the capability of the experiment in determining the muon content of the extensive air showers with a higher precision. In this work we report on a detailed study of the detector response to single muons as a function of their trajectories in the WCD. A dedicated Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) hodoscope was built and installed around one of the detectors. The hodoscope is formed by two stand-alone low gas flux segmented RPC detectors with the test water-Cherenkov detector placed in between. The segmentation of the RPC detectors is of the order of 10 cm. The hodoscope is used to trigger and select single muon events in different geometries. The signal recorded in the water-Cherenkov detector and performance estimators were studied as a function of the trajectories of the muons and compared with a dedicated simulation. An agreement at the percent level was found, showing that the simulation correctly describes the tank response.
Keywords:Pierre Auger Observatory, Water-Cherenkov detectors, detector calibration, inclined cosmic ray muons, Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) hodoscope
Publication status:Published
Year of publishing:2015
PID:20.500.12556/RUNG-2151 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:4155131 New window
NUK URN:URN:SI:UNG:REP:91Q5FCGC
Publication date in RUNG:03.03.2016
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Title:The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference : ICRC 2015 (The Hague, Netherlands)
Publisher:PoS, http://pos.sissa.it/
Year of publishing:2015
Conference organizer:International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
Collection title:Proceedings of ICRC 2015

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