The trigger system of the Pierre Auger Surface Detector: Operation, efficiency and stability
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
The trigger system of the Surface Detector (SD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory is described, from the identification of candidate showers (E > eV) at the level of a single station, among a huge background (mainly single muons), up to the selection of real events and the rejection of random coincidences at a higher central trigger level (including the reconstruction accuracy). Efficiency of a single station trigger is evaluated using real data , and the high performance of event selection hierarchy will be demonstrated.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005
First Page
287
Last Page
290
Recommended Citation
Allard, D., Armengaud, E., Allekotte, I., Allison, P., Aublin, J., Ave, M., Bauleo, P., Beatty, J., Beau, T., Bertou, X., Billoir, P., Bonifazi, C., Chou, A., Chye, J., Dagoret-Campagne, S., Dorofeev, A., Ghia, P., Gómez Berisso, M., Gorgi, A., Hamilton, J., Harton, J., Knapik, R., Lachaud, C., Lhenry-Yvon, I., Letessier-Selvon, A., Matthews, J., Medina, C., Meyhandan, R., Navarra, G., Nitz, D., Parizot, E., Revenu, B., & Szadkowski, Z. (2005). The trigger system of the Pierre Auger Surface Detector: Operation, efficiency and stability. 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005, 7, 287-290. Retrieved from https://repository.lsu.edu/physics_astronomy_pubs/3301