Aperture calculation of the Pierre Auger Observatory surface detector
Conference
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OSTI ID:876403
We determine the instantaneous aperture and integrated exposure of the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory, taking into account the trigger efficiency as a function of the energy, arrival direction (with zenith angle lower than 60 degrees) and nature of the primary cosmic-ray. We make use of the so-called Lateral Trigger Probability function (or LTP) associated with an extensive air shower, which summarizes all the relevant information about the physics of the shower, the water tank Cherenkov detector, and the triggers.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 876403
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-CONF-05-305-E-TD; arXiv eprint number astro-ph/0511104
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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