AMIGA at the Pierre Auger Observatory: The interface and control electronics of the first prototype muon counters

被引：1

作者：

Videla, M. ^{[1
]}

Platino, M. ^{[1
]}

Garcia, B. ^{[2
,3
]}

Almela, A. ^{[1
]}

de la Vega, G. ^{[2
]}

Lucero, A. ^{[1
]}

Suarez, F. ^{[1
]}

Wainberg, O. ^{[1
]}

Sanchez, F. ^{[1
]}

Yelos, D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ctr Atom Constituyentes, Inst Tecnol Detecc Astroparticulus CNEA CONICET U, Sari Martin, Pcia De Buenos, Argentina

[2] CNEA CONICET UNSAM Reg Cuyo, Inst Tecnol Detecc & Astroparticulus, Godoy Cruz, Pcia De Mendoza, Argentina

[3] Univ Tecnol Nacl, Fac Reg Mendoza Rodriguez 273, Ciudad Mendoza, Argentina

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2015年 / 791卷

关键词：

Underground detector; Segmented scintillators; Data handling; Detector control systems; Data acquisition concepts;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2015.04.029

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

AMIGA is an enhancement of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The main goals of AMIGA are to extend the full efficiency range to lower energies of the Observatory and to measure the muon content of extensive air showers. Currently, it consists 01 61 detector pairs, each one composed of a surface water Cherenkov detector and a buried muon counter. Prototypes of the mum counter - buried at a depth of 2.25 m were installed at each vertex of a hexagon and at its center with 750 m spacing. Each prototype has a detection area of 10 m(2) segmented in 64 scintillation strips and coupled to a multi -anode PMT through optical fibers. The electronic systems of these prototypes are accessible via a service tube. An electronics interface and control board were designed to extract the data from the counter and to provide a remote control of the system. This article presents the design of the interface and control board and the results and performance during the first AMIGA acquisition period in 2012. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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