Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors

Autores
Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis
Año de publicación
2011
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Water Cherenkov Detectors have the nice property of being mostly calorimeters for cosmic ray induced electrons and photons, while providing a clear signal for muons. At large energy deposited in the detector, they observe small extended air showers. This makes them interesting detectors to study the background of cosmic ray secondaries. Using low threshold scaler counters, one can follow the flux of cosmic rays on top of the atmosphere, and/or study atmospheric effects on the cosmic ray shower development. In this paper, background data from the Pierre Auger Observatory are presented. These data are searched for short time-scale variation (one second scale, as expected from Gamma Ray Bursts), and larger time-scale variations, showing modulation effects due to Solar activity (Forbush decreases). Rapid changes in the background flux are also observed during the crossing of storms over the 3000 km2 of the ground array.
Fil: Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina
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Scalers
Pierre Auger Observatory
Heliosphere physics
Earthquake
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spelling Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectorsBertou, Xavier Pierre LouisScalersPierre Auger ObservatoryHeliosphere physicsEarthquakehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Water Cherenkov Detectors have the nice property of being mostly calorimeters for cosmic ray induced electrons and photons, while providing a clear signal for muons. At large energy deposited in the detector, they observe small extended air showers. This makes them interesting detectors to study the background of cosmic ray secondaries. Using low threshold scaler counters, one can follow the flux of cosmic rays on top of the atmosphere, and/or study atmospheric effects on the cosmic ray shower development. In this paper, background data from the Pierre Auger Observatory are presented. These data are searched for short time-scale variation (one second scale, as expected from Gamma Ray Bursts), and larger time-scale variations, showing modulation effects due to Solar activity (Forbush decreases). Rapid changes in the background flux are also observed during the crossing of storms over the 3000 km2 of the ground array.Fil: Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; ArgentinaElsevier Science2011-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/271735Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis; Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors; Elsevier Science; Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipament; 639; 1; 5-2011; 73-760168-9002CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168900210020346info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.041info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:04:52Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/271735instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:04:52.907CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors
title Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors
spellingShingle Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors
Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis
Scalers
Pierre Auger Observatory
Heliosphere physics
Earthquake
title_short Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors
title_full Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors
title_fullStr Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors
title_full_unstemmed Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors
title_sort Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis
author Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis
author_facet Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Scalers
Pierre Auger Observatory
Heliosphere physics
Earthquake
topic Scalers
Pierre Auger Observatory
Heliosphere physics
Earthquake
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Water Cherenkov Detectors have the nice property of being mostly calorimeters for cosmic ray induced electrons and photons, while providing a clear signal for muons. At large energy deposited in the detector, they observe small extended air showers. This makes them interesting detectors to study the background of cosmic ray secondaries. Using low threshold scaler counters, one can follow the flux of cosmic rays on top of the atmosphere, and/or study atmospheric effects on the cosmic ray shower development. In this paper, background data from the Pierre Auger Observatory are presented. These data are searched for short time-scale variation (one second scale, as expected from Gamma Ray Bursts), and larger time-scale variations, showing modulation effects due to Solar activity (Forbush decreases). Rapid changes in the background flux are also observed during the crossing of storms over the 3000 km2 of the ground array.
Fil: Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina
description Water Cherenkov Detectors have the nice property of being mostly calorimeters for cosmic ray induced electrons and photons, while providing a clear signal for muons. At large energy deposited in the detector, they observe small extended air showers. This makes them interesting detectors to study the background of cosmic ray secondaries. Using low threshold scaler counters, one can follow the flux of cosmic rays on top of the atmosphere, and/or study atmospheric effects on the cosmic ray shower development. In this paper, background data from the Pierre Auger Observatory are presented. These data are searched for short time-scale variation (one second scale, as expected from Gamma Ray Bursts), and larger time-scale variations, showing modulation effects due to Solar activity (Forbush decreases). Rapid changes in the background flux are also observed during the crossing of storms over the 3000 km2 of the ground array.
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Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis; Background radiation measurement with water Cherenkov detectors; Elsevier Science; Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipament; 639; 1; 5-2011; 73-76
0168-9002
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