RT Journal Article
T1 Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory
A1 Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
A1 Aab, A.
A1 Abreu, P.
A1 Aglietta, M.
A1 Ahn, E.J.
A1 Al Samarai, I.
A1 Albuquerque, I.F.M.
A1 Allekotte, I.
A1 Allison, P.
A1 Almela, A.
AB 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 10m(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 (similar to 2 %), show a promising performance for this new system.
PB IOP Publishing Ltd
SN 1748-0221
YR 2017
FD 2017-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18341
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18341
LA eng
NO ©2017 IOP ScienceArtículo firmado por más de diez autoresThe successful installation, commissioning, and operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory would not have been possible without the strong commitment and effort from the technical and administrative staff in Malargue. We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support:; Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza, Municipalidad de Malargue, NDM Holdings and Valle Las Lenas, in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access, Argentina; the Australian Research Council; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Grants No. 2010/07359-6 and No. 1999/05404-3, Ministerio de Ciencia e Tecnologia (MCT), Brazil; Grant No. MSMT CR LG15014, LO1305 and LM2015038 and the Czech Science Foundation Grant No. 14-17501S, Czech Republic; Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Conseil Regional Ile-de-France, Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP) Grant No. LABEXANR-10-LABX-63, within the Investissements d'Avenir Programme Grant No. ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg, Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein Westfalen, Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR), Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics (CFA), CETEMPS Center of Excellence, Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE), Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) No. 167733, Mexico; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM, Mexico; Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands; National Centre for Research and Development, Grants No. ERA-NET-ASPERA/01/11 and No. ERA-NET-ASPERA/02/11, National Science Centre, Grants No. 2013/08/M/ST9/00322, No. 2013/08/M/ST9/00728 and No. HARMONIA 5 - 2013/10/M/ST9/00062, Poland; Portuguese national funds and FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (COMPETE), Portugal; Romanian Authority for Scientific Research ANCS, CNDI-UEFISCDI partnership projects Grants No. 20/2012 and No. 194/2012 and PN 16 42 01 02; Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia; Comunidad de Madrid, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) funds, Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Xunta de Galicia, European Community 7th Framework Program, Grant No. FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF-328826, Spain; Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom; Department of Energy, Contracts No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, No. DE-FR02-04ER41300, No. DE-FG02-99ER41107 and No. DE-SC0011689, National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0450696, The Grainger Foundation, U.S.A.; NAFOSTED, Vietnam; Marie Curie-IRSES/EPLANET, European Particle Physics Latin American Network, European Union 7th Framework Program, Grant No. PIRSES-2009-GA-246806; and UNESCO.
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Comunidad de Madrid/FEDER
NO Centre de Calcul, France
NO Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic
NO Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
NO Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
NO Conseil Regional Ile-de-France
NO Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
NO Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire, France
NO Departement Sciences de l'Univers
NO Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP)
NO Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
NO Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
NO Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP)
NO Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)
NO Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany
NO Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics, Italy
NO Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy
NO Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Italy
NO CETEMPS Center of Excellence, Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE), Italy
NO Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Netherlands
NO Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
NO Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands
NO National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
NO National Science Centre, Poland
NO Portuguese national funds
NO Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade
NO Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (COMPETE), Portugal
NO Romanian Authority for Scientific Research ANCS
NO CNDI-UEFISCDI partnership projects
NO Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia
NO Xunta de Galicia
NO Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
NO Department of Energy
NO UNESCO
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