Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope

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Calcagni, Laura Randa; Dova, María Teresa; Hansen, Patricia María; Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela; Sciutto, Sergio Juan; Tueros, Matías Jorge; Vergara Quispe, Indira Dajhana; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The Pierre Auger Collaboration
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2020
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Extensive air showers, originating from ultra-high energy cosmic rays, have been successfully measured through the use of arrays of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCDs). Sophisticated analyses exploiting WCD data have made it possible to demonstrate that shower simulations, based on different hadronic-interaction models, cannot reproduce the observed number of muons at the ground. The accurate knowledge of the WCD response to muons is paramount in establishing the exact level of this discrepancy. In this work, we report on a study of the response of a WCD of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons performed with a hodoscope made of resistive plate chambers (RPCs), enabling us to select and reconstruct nearly 600 thousand single muon trajectories with zenith angles ranging from 0º to 55º. Comparison of distributions of key observables between the hodoscope data and the predictions of dedicated simulations allows us to demonstrate the accuracy of the latter at a level of 2%. As the WCD calibration is based on its response to atmospheric muons, the hodoscope data are also exploited to show the long-term stability of the procedure.
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Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Instituto de Física La Plata
Materia
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Data reduction methods
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Large detector-systems performance
Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors
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spelling Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscopeCalcagni, Laura RandaDova, María TeresaHansen, Patricia MaríaMariazzi, Analisa GabrielaSciutto, Sergio JuanTueros, Matías JorgeVergara Quispe, Indira DajhanaWahlberg, Hernán PabloThe Pierre Auger CollaborationCiencias ExactasFísicaData reduction methodsLarge detector systems for particle and astroparticle physicsLarge detector-systems performancePerformance of High Energy Physics DetectorsExtensive air showers, originating from ultra-high energy cosmic rays, have been successfully measured through the use of arrays of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCDs). Sophisticated analyses exploiting WCD data have made it possible to demonstrate that shower simulations, based on different hadronic-interaction models, cannot reproduce the observed number of muons at the ground. The accurate knowledge of the WCD response to muons is paramount in establishing the exact level of this discrepancy. In this work, we report on a study of the response of a WCD of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons performed with a hodoscope made of resistive plate chambers (RPCs), enabling us to select and reconstruct nearly 600 thousand single muon trajectories with zenith angles ranging from 0º to 55º. Comparison of distributions of key observables between the hodoscope data and the predictions of dedicated simulations allows us to demonstrate the accuracy of the latter at a level of 2%. As the WCD calibration is based on its response to atmospheric muons, the hodoscope data are also exploited to show the long-term stability of the procedure.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Facultad de Ciencias ExactasInstituto de Física La Plata2020-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/132071enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1748-0221info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/1748-0221/15/09/p09002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:31:18Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/132071Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:31:18.611SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope
title Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope
spellingShingle Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope
Calcagni, Laura Randa
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Data reduction methods
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Large detector-systems performance
Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors
title_short Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope
title_full Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope
title_fullStr Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope
title_full_unstemmed Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope
title_sort Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Calcagni, Laura Randa
Dova, María Teresa
Hansen, Patricia María
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Tueros, Matías Jorge
Vergara Quispe, Indira Dajhana
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
author Calcagni, Laura Randa
author_facet Calcagni, Laura Randa
Dova, María Teresa
Hansen, Patricia María
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Tueros, Matías Jorge
Vergara Quispe, Indira Dajhana
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Dova, María Teresa
Hansen, Patricia María
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Tueros, Matías Jorge
Vergara Quispe, Indira Dajhana
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Física
Data reduction methods
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Large detector-systems performance
Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors
topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
Data reduction methods
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Large detector-systems performance
Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Extensive air showers, originating from ultra-high energy cosmic rays, have been successfully measured through the use of arrays of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCDs). Sophisticated analyses exploiting WCD data have made it possible to demonstrate that shower simulations, based on different hadronic-interaction models, cannot reproduce the observed number of muons at the ground. The accurate knowledge of the WCD response to muons is paramount in establishing the exact level of this discrepancy. In this work, we report on a study of the response of a WCD of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons performed with a hodoscope made of resistive plate chambers (RPCs), enabling us to select and reconstruct nearly 600 thousand single muon trajectories with zenith angles ranging from 0º to 55º. Comparison of distributions of key observables between the hodoscope data and the predictions of dedicated simulations allows us to demonstrate the accuracy of the latter at a level of 2%. As the WCD calibration is based on its response to atmospheric muons, the hodoscope data are also exploited to show the long-term stability of the procedure.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Instituto de Física La Plata
description Extensive air showers, originating from ultra-high energy cosmic rays, have been successfully measured through the use of arrays of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCDs). Sophisticated analyses exploiting WCD data have made it possible to demonstrate that shower simulations, based on different hadronic-interaction models, cannot reproduce the observed number of muons at the ground. The accurate knowledge of the WCD response to muons is paramount in establishing the exact level of this discrepancy. In this work, we report on a study of the response of a WCD of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons performed with a hodoscope made of resistive plate chambers (RPCs), enabling us to select and reconstruct nearly 600 thousand single muon trajectories with zenith angles ranging from 0º to 55º. Comparison of distributions of key observables between the hodoscope data and the predictions of dedicated simulations allows us to demonstrate the accuracy of the latter at a level of 2%. As the WCD calibration is based on its response to atmospheric muons, the hodoscope data are also exploited to show the long-term stability of the procedure.
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