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Main Authors: Assis, P., Conceição, R., Costa, P. J., Freitas, M., Tomé, B.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20346
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author Assis, P.
Conceição, R.
Costa, P. J.
Freitas, M.
Tomé, B.
author_facet Assis, P.
Conceição, R.
Costa, P. J.
Freitas, M.
Tomé, B.
contents Measuring the energy spectrum of air shower components crucial for understanding primary cosmic rays and the physical processes governing their interactions in the atmosphere. However, accurately measuring the energy of shower particles reaching the ground is challenging due to the inherent simplicity of typical cosmic ray experiments. This study takes advantage of a hybrid detector station and introduces an analysis for assessing the energy spectra of air shower components. The station is composed of a scintillator surface detector (SSD), a water-Cherenkov detector (WCD), and resistive plate chambers (RPCs). Our results demonstrate that the combination of data from these detectors enables precise assessment of the energy spectrum of electromagnetic particles and low-energy muons, independent of potential detector ageing effects.
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spellingShingle Sensitivity of Hybrid Particle Detectors to the Energy Spectra of Air Shower Components
Assis, P.
Conceição, R.
Costa, P. J.
Freitas, M.
Tomé, B.
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Measuring the energy spectrum of air shower components crucial for understanding primary cosmic rays and the physical processes governing their interactions in the atmosphere. However, accurately measuring the energy of shower particles reaching the ground is challenging due to the inherent simplicity of typical cosmic ray experiments. This study takes advantage of a hybrid detector station and introduces an analysis for assessing the energy spectra of air shower components. The station is composed of a scintillator surface detector (SSD), a water-Cherenkov detector (WCD), and resistive plate chambers (RPCs). Our results demonstrate that the combination of data from these detectors enables precise assessment of the energy spectrum of electromagnetic particles and low-energy muons, independent of potential detector ageing effects.
title Sensitivity of Hybrid Particle Detectors to the Energy Spectra of Air Shower Components
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20346