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Title:Status and performance of the underground muon detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Authors:ID Botti, A.M. (Author)
ID Filipčič, Andrej (Author)
ID Lundquist, Jon Paul (Author)
ID Stanič, Samo (Author)
ID Vorobiov, Serguei (Author)
ID Zavrtanik, Danilo (Author)
ID Zavrtanik, Marko (Author)
ID Zehrer, Lukas (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 Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array (AMIGA) is an enhancement of the Pierre Auger Observatory, whose purpose is to lower the energy threshold of the observatory down to 10^16.5 eV, and to measure the muonic content of air showers directly. These measurements will significantly contribute to the determination of primary particle masses in the range between the second knee and the ankle, to the study of hadronic interaction models with air showers, and, in turn, to the understanding of the muon puzzle. The underground muon detector of AMIGA is concomitant to two triangular grids of water-Cherenkov stations with spacings of 433 and 750 m; each grid position is equipped with a 30 m^2 plastic scintillator buried at 2.3 m depth. After the engineering array completion in early 2018 and general improvements to the design, the production phase commenced. In this work, we report on the status of the underground muon detector, the progress of its deployment, and the performance achieved after two years of operation. The detector construction is foreseen to finish by mid-2022.
Keywords:Pierre Auger Observatory, AMIGA, indirect detection, surface detection, ultra-high energy, cosmic rays, composition, muon detection
Publication status:Published
Year of publishing:2022
PID:20.500.12556/RUNG-8539 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:167052803 New window
DOI:10.22323/1.395.0233 New window
NUK URN:URN:SI:UNG:REP:ANLVD8WY
Publication date in RUNG:04.10.2023
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BOTTI, A.M., FILIPČIČ, Andrej, LUNDQUIST, Jon Paul, STANIČ, Samo, VOROBIOV, Serguei, ZAVRTANIK, Danilo, ZAVRTANIK, Marko and ZEHRER, Lukas, 2022, Status and performance of the underground muon detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. In : 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference [online]. Published Scientific Conference Contribution. Trieste, Italy. 2022. [Accessed 7 April 2025]. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.ung.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=8539
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Title:37th International Cosmic Ray Conference : ICRC2023
Place of publishing:Trieste, Italy
Publisher:Proceedings of Science
Year of publishing:2022

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Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:P1-0031
Name:Večglasniška astrofizika

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