Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory
AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory designed to extend its energy range of detection and to directly measure the muon content of the cosmic ray primary particle showers. The array will be formed by an infill of surface water-Cherenkov det...
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todo:paper_17480221_v12_n3_p_Multitudinario2023-10-03T16:32:10Z Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory Multitudinario:424 Front-end electronics for detector readout Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting methods Performance of high energy physics detectors Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs etc) Augers Charged particles Cosmic rays Cosmology High energy physics Observatories Pattern recognition Photomultipliers Photons Scintillation Semiconductor diodes Surface waters Detector readout Fitting method Front end electronics High energy physics detector Pierre Auger observatory PiN diode Silicon photomultiplier Water Cherenkov detectors Silicon detectors AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory designed to extend its energy range of detection and to directly measure the muon content of the cosmic ray primary particle showers. The array will be formed by an infill of surface water-Cherenkov detectors associated with buried scintillation counters employed for muon counting. Each counter is composed of three scintillation modules, with a 10 m 2 detection area per module. In this paper, a new generation of detectors, replacing the current multi-pixel photomultiplier tube (PMT) with silicon photo sensors (aka. SiPMs), is proposed. The selection of the new device and its front-end electronics is explained. A method to calibrate the counting system that ensures the performance of the detector is detailed. This method has the advantage of being able to be carried out in a remote place such as the one where the detectors are deployed. High efficiency results, i.e. 98 % efficiency for the highest tested overvoltage, combined with a low probability of accidental counting (∼2 %), show a promising performance for this new system. © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_17480221_v12_n3_p_Multitudinario |
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Front-end electronics for detector readout Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting methods Performance of high energy physics detectors Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs etc) Augers Charged particles Cosmic rays Cosmology High energy physics Observatories Pattern recognition Photomultipliers Photons Scintillation Semiconductor diodes Surface waters Detector readout Fitting method Front end electronics High energy physics detector Pierre Auger observatory PiN diode Silicon photomultiplier Water Cherenkov detectors Silicon detectors |
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Front-end electronics for detector readout Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting methods Performance of high energy physics detectors Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs etc) Augers Charged particles Cosmic rays Cosmology High energy physics Observatories Pattern recognition Photomultipliers Photons Scintillation Semiconductor diodes Surface waters Detector readout Fitting method Front end electronics High energy physics detector Pierre Auger observatory PiN diode Silicon photomultiplier Water Cherenkov detectors Silicon detectors Multitudinario:424 Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory |
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Front-end electronics for detector readout Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting methods Performance of high energy physics detectors Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs etc) Augers Charged particles Cosmic rays Cosmology High energy physics Observatories Pattern recognition Photomultipliers Photons Scintillation Semiconductor diodes Surface waters Detector readout Fitting method Front end electronics High energy physics detector Pierre Auger observatory PiN diode Silicon photomultiplier Water Cherenkov detectors Silicon detectors |
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AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory designed to extend its energy range of detection and to directly measure the muon content of the cosmic ray primary particle showers. The array will be formed by an infill of surface water-Cherenkov detectors associated with buried scintillation counters employed for muon counting. Each counter is composed of three scintillation modules, with a 10 m 2 detection area per module. In this paper, a new generation of detectors, replacing the current multi-pixel photomultiplier tube (PMT) with silicon photo sensors (aka. SiPMs), is proposed. The selection of the new device and its front-end electronics is explained. A method to calibrate the counting system that ensures the performance of the detector is detailed. This method has the advantage of being able to be carried out in a remote place such as the one where the detectors are deployed. High efficiency results, i.e. 98 % efficiency for the highest tested overvoltage, combined with a low probability of accidental counting (∼2 %), show a promising performance for this new system. © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl. |
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Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory |
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Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory |
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Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory |
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Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory |
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Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory |
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muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the amiga detector of the pierre auger observatory |
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