Energy and Xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays

The current methods to determine the primary energy in surface arrays are different when dealing with hadron or photon initiated showers. In this work, we adapt a method previously developed for photon-initiated showers to hadron primaries. We determine the Monte Carlo parametrizations that relate t...

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Publicado: 2011
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Energy
Surface detectors
Calibration
Cosmic rays
Photons
Calibration curves
Parametrizations
Primary energies
Simultaneous determinations
Surface array
Hadrons
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spelling paper:paper_NIS23775_v2_n_p194_Ros2023-06-08T16:40:03Z Energy and Xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays Energy Surface detectors Calibration Cosmic rays Photons Calibration curves Energy Parametrizations Primary energies Simultaneous determinations Surface array Surface detectors Hadrons The current methods to determine the primary energy in surface arrays are different when dealing with hadron or photon initiated showers. In this work, we adapt a method previously developed for photon-initiated showers to hadron primaries. We determine the Monte Carlo parametrizations that relate the surface energy estimator and the maximum of shower development for both, proton and Iron primaries. Using for each primary their own set of calibration curves, which is of course impossible in practice, we show that the energy could be inferred with a negligible bias and 12% resolution. However, we show that a mixed calibration could also be performed, including both type of primaries, such that the bias still remains low and the achieved resolution is around 15%. In addition, the method allows the simultaneous determination of Xmax in pure surface arrays with resolution better than 7%. 2011 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_NIS23775_v2_n_p194_Ros http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_NIS23775_v2_n_p194_Ros
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
institution_str I-28
repository_str R-134
collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic Energy
Surface detectors
Calibration
Cosmic rays
Photons
Calibration curves
Energy
Parametrizations
Primary energies
Simultaneous determinations
Surface array
Surface detectors
Hadrons
spellingShingle Energy
Surface detectors
Calibration
Cosmic rays
Photons
Calibration curves
Energy
Parametrizations
Primary energies
Simultaneous determinations
Surface array
Surface detectors
Hadrons
Energy and Xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays
topic_facet Energy
Surface detectors
Calibration
Cosmic rays
Photons
Calibration curves
Energy
Parametrizations
Primary energies
Simultaneous determinations
Surface array
Surface detectors
Hadrons
description The current methods to determine the primary energy in surface arrays are different when dealing with hadron or photon initiated showers. In this work, we adapt a method previously developed for photon-initiated showers to hadron primaries. We determine the Monte Carlo parametrizations that relate the surface energy estimator and the maximum of shower development for both, proton and Iron primaries. Using for each primary their own set of calibration curves, which is of course impossible in practice, we show that the energy could be inferred with a negligible bias and 12% resolution. However, we show that a mixed calibration could also be performed, including both type of primaries, such that the bias still remains low and the achieved resolution is around 15%. In addition, the method allows the simultaneous determination of Xmax in pure surface arrays with resolution better than 7%.
title Energy and Xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays
title_short Energy and Xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays
title_full Energy and Xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays
title_fullStr Energy and Xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays
title_full_unstemmed Energy and Xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays
title_sort energy and xmax reconstruction of hadron-initiated showers in surface arrays
publishDate 2011
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_NIS23775_v2_n_p194_Ros
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_NIS23775_v2_n_p194_Ros
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