MARTA: a high-energy cosmic-ray detector concept for high-accuracy muon measurement
Abstract
A new concept for the direct measurement of muons in air showers is presented. The concept is based on resistive plate chambers (RPCs), which can directly measure muons with very good space and time resolution. The muon detector is shielded by placing it under another detector able to absorb and measure the electromagnetic component of the showers such as a water-Cherenkov detector, commonly used in air shower arrays. Here, the combination of the two detectors in a single, compact detector unit provides a unique measurement that opens rich possibilities in the study of air showers.
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- Lab. de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas, Coimbra and Lisbon (Portugal); Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon (Portugal)
- Lab. de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas, Coimbra and Lisbon (Portugal)
- Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon (Portugal)
- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargue (Argentina)
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Univ. di Napoli "Federico II", Naples (Italy)
- Univ. Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP (Brazil)
- Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Chicago, IL (United States)
- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (Czech Republic)
- Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1431573
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-17-609-TD; arXiv:1712.07685
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044; 1644571; TRN: US1802341
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 78; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Abreu, P., Andringa, S., Assis, P., Blanco, A., Martins, V. Barbosa, Brogueira, P., Carolino, N., Cazon, L., Cerda, M., Cernicchiaro, G., Colalillo, R., Conceicao, R., Cunha, O., de Almeida, R. M., de Souza, V., Diogo, F., Dobrigkeit, C., Espadanal, J., Espirito-Santo, C., Ferreira, M., Ferreira, P., Fonte, P., Giaccari, U., Goncalves, P., Guarino, F., Lippmann, O. C., Lopes, L., Luz, R., Maurizio, D., Marujo, F., Mazur, P., Mendes, L., Pereira, A., Pimenta, Mario, Prado, R. R., Ridky, J., Sarmento, R., Scarso, C., Shellard, R., Souza, J., Tome, B., Travnicek, P., Vicha, J., Wolters, H., and Zas, E. MARTA: a high-energy cosmic-ray detector concept for high-accuracy muon measurement. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5820-2.
Abreu, P., Andringa, S., Assis, P., Blanco, A., Martins, V. Barbosa, Brogueira, P., Carolino, N., Cazon, L., Cerda, M., Cernicchiaro, G., Colalillo, R., Conceicao, R., Cunha, O., de Almeida, R. M., de Souza, V., Diogo, F., Dobrigkeit, C., Espadanal, J., Espirito-Santo, C., Ferreira, M., Ferreira, P., Fonte, P., Giaccari, U., Goncalves, P., Guarino, F., Lippmann, O. C., Lopes, L., Luz, R., Maurizio, D., Marujo, F., Mazur, P., Mendes, L., Pereira, A., Pimenta, Mario, Prado, R. R., Ridky, J., Sarmento, R., Scarso, C., Shellard, R., Souza, J., Tome, B., Travnicek, P., Vicha, J., Wolters, H., & Zas, E. MARTA: a high-energy cosmic-ray detector concept for high-accuracy muon measurement. United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5820-2
Abreu, P., Andringa, S., Assis, P., Blanco, A., Martins, V. Barbosa, Brogueira, P., Carolino, N., Cazon, L., Cerda, M., Cernicchiaro, G., Colalillo, R., Conceicao, R., Cunha, O., de Almeida, R. M., de Souza, V., Diogo, F., Dobrigkeit, C., Espadanal, J., Espirito-Santo, C., Ferreira, M., Ferreira, P., Fonte, P., Giaccari, U., Goncalves, P., Guarino, F., Lippmann, O. C., Lopes, L., Luz, R., Maurizio, D., Marujo, F., Mazur, P., Mendes, L., Pereira, A., Pimenta, Mario, Prado, R. R., Ridky, J., Sarmento, R., Scarso, C., Shellard, R., Souza, J., Tome, B., Travnicek, P., Vicha, J., Wolters, H., and Zas, E. Tue .
"MARTA: a high-energy cosmic-ray detector concept for high-accuracy muon measurement". United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5820-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1431573.
@article{osti_1431573,
title = {MARTA: a high-energy cosmic-ray detector concept for high-accuracy muon measurement},
author = {Abreu, P. and Andringa, S. and Assis, P. and Blanco, A. and Martins, V. Barbosa and Brogueira, P. and Carolino, N. and Cazon, L. and Cerda, M. and Cernicchiaro, G. and Colalillo, R. and Conceicao, R. and Cunha, O. and de Almeida, R. M. and de Souza, V. and Diogo, F. and Dobrigkeit, C. and Espadanal, J. and Espirito-Santo, C. and Ferreira, M. and Ferreira, P. and Fonte, P. and Giaccari, U. and Goncalves, P. and Guarino, F. and Lippmann, O. C. and Lopes, L. and Luz, R. and Maurizio, D. and Marujo, F. and Mazur, P. and Mendes, L. and Pereira, A. and Pimenta, Mario and Prado, R. R. and Ridky, J. and Sarmento, R. and Scarso, C. and Shellard, R. and Souza, J. and Tome, B. and Travnicek, P. and Vicha, J. and Wolters, H. and Zas, E.},
abstractNote = {A new concept for the direct measurement of muons in air showers is presented. The concept is based on resistive plate chambers (RPCs), which can directly measure muons with very good space and time resolution. The muon detector is shielded by placing it under another detector able to absorb and measure the electromagnetic component of the showers such as a water-Cherenkov detector, commonly used in air shower arrays. Here, the combination of the two detectors in a single, compact detector unit provides a unique measurement that opens rich possibilities in the study of air showers.},
doi = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5820-2},
journal = {European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields},
number = 4,
volume = 78,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {4}
}
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