Title
Water cherenkov detector optimization for space weather studies in antarctic
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
Sissa Medialab Srl
Abstract
During the last two Peruvian summer campaigns in the Antarctica (2018 and 2019), two separate prototype water Cherenkov detectors of the LAGO project have been tested. As at high latitudes the lower geomagnetic shielding allows for the observation of cosmic rays lower than those at middle latitudes, the installation of a detector in the Antarctica is important for the development of the LAGO space weather program. The objectives fulfilled in the second summer campaign were: a general improvement of the design of the detectors, wi-fi data transmission, autonomous operation, the elimination of light leaking and the optimization of the geometry for better separation of the electromagnetic / muonic components measured in the detector. A comparison between the data obtained in the two Antarctic campaigns is shown, making emphasis in the measured flows and the strategy of using a second trigger level in the acquisition stage in order to perform a pre-processing of the data.
Volume
358
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos Ingeniería de procesos Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086232807
Source
Proceedings of Science
ISSN of the container
18248039
Conference
36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2019 Madison 24 July 2019 through 1 August 2019
Sponsor(s)
The autors gratefully acknowledges the financial support from Innovate-Perú: Fondo para la Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología (FINCyT) trough the project PIBA-2-P-020-14 and the Min-isterio de Relaciones Exteriores del Per ú through its Antarctic Affairs Direction. The LAGO Collaboration is very thankful to the Pierre Auger Collaboration for its continuous support.
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