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AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory to extend its range of detection and to directly measure the muon content of the particle showers. It consists of an infill of surface water-Cherenkov detectors accompanied by buried scintillator detectors used for muon counting. The main objectives of the AMIGA engineering array, referred to as the Unitary Cell, are to identify and resolve all engineering issues as well as to understand the muon-number counting uncertainties related to the design of the detector. The mechanical design, fabrication and deployment processes of the muon counters of the Unitary Cell are described in this document. These muon counters modules comprise sealed PVC casings containing plastic scintillation bars, wavelength-shifter optical fibers, 64 pixel photomultiplier tubes, and acquisition electronics. The modules are buried approximately 2.25 m below ground level in order to minimize contamination from electromagnetic shower particles. The mechanical setup, which allows access to the electronics for maintenance, is also described in addition to tests of the modules' response and integrity. The completed Unitary Cell has measured a number of air showers of which a first analysis of a sample event is included here. © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Prototype muon detectors for the AMIGA component of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Autor:Multitudinario:452
Filiación:Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF, CONICET, Villa Martelli, Argentina
Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR)-CONICET/U.N.R., Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A., Australia
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena, SP, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil
Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, Nançay, France
SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C-Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-Campus South, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-Campus North, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-Campus North, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg, Germany
Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
Università di Napoli Federico II and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
Università di Roma II Tor Vergata and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E. De Giorgi dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell'Università dell'Aquila and Sezione INFN, L'Aquila, Italy
Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L'Aquila, Italy
Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, D.F., Mexico
Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (UPIITA-IPN), México, D.F., Mexico
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., Mexico
IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Portugal
''Horia Hulubei'' National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
Institute of Space Science, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Bucharest, Romania
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY, United States
Fermilab, Batavia, IL, United States
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
New York University, New York, NY, United States
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Palabras clave:Detector design and construction technologies and materials; Overall mechanics design (support structures and materials, vibration analysis etc); Particle detectors; Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors; Augers; Cell engineering; Observatories; Optical fiber fabrication; Optical fibers; Particle detectors; Photomultipliers; Plastic optical fibers; Polyvinyl chlorides; Surface waters; Vibration analysis; Detector design; Electro-magnetic showers; High energy physics detector; Photo multiplier tube; Pierre Auger observatory; Scintillator detector; Support structures; Water Cherenkov detectors; Charged particles
Año:2016
Volumen:11
Número:2
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/P02012
Título revista:Journal of Instrumentation
Título revista abreviado:J. Instrum.
ISSN:17480221
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_17480221_v11_n2_p_Multitudinario

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(2016) . Prototype muon detectors for the AMIGA component of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Journal of Instrumentation, 11(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/P02012
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Multitudinario:452. "Prototype muon detectors for the AMIGA component of the Pierre Auger Observatory" . Journal of Instrumentation 11, no. 2 (2016).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/P02012
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Multitudinario:452. "Prototype muon detectors for the AMIGA component of the Pierre Auger Observatory" . Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 11, no. 2, 2016.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/P02012
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Multitudinario:452. Prototype muon detectors for the AMIGA component of the Pierre Auger Observatory. J. Instrum. 2016;11(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/P02012