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Calibration of the NEVOD-EAS array for detection of extensive air showers
In this paper we discuss the calibration of the NEVOD-EAS array which is a
part of the Experimental Complex NEVOD, as well as the results of studying the
response features of its scintillation detectors. We present the results of the
detectors energy calibration, performed by comparing their response to
different types of particles obtained experimentally and simulated with the
Geant4 software package, as well as of the measurements of their timing
resolution. We also discuss the results of studies of the light collection
non-uniformity of the NEVOD-EAS detectors and of the accuracy of air-shower
arrival direction reconstruction, which have been performed using other
facilities of the Experimental Complex NEVOD: the muon hodoscope URAGAN and the
coordinate-tracking detector DECOR.Comment: 16 pages, 17 figures, To be submitted to Nuclear Instruments and
Methods
EAS array of the NEVOD Experimental Complex
A new setup for registration of the electromagnetic component of the EAS at the “knee” region of the energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays (PCR) is now under construction on the basis of the experimental complex NEVOD-DECOR (Moscow, Russia). The EAS array detecting system has a cluster organization. Clusters are located in the MEPhI campus. The specific features of the array registering system that provides particle detection, data acquisition, cluster synchronization and events selection are discussed. The results of counter characteristics study are also presented
Investigation of cascade showers in the Cherenkov water detector NEVOD
A technique for the reconstruction of cascade profiles by means of Cherenkov radiation in the water of the NEVOD detector is discussed. NEVOD is equipped with a dense spatial lattice of optical modules. The analyzed cascades have been generated either along near-horizontal muons (zenith angles between 85 and 90°), which's tracks are reconstructed by means of the tracking detector DECOR, or by muons with unknown tracks over a wider zenith angle range of 50-90°. Mean cascade profiles and energy spectra of cascades measured during the experimental series of about 7950 hours of 'live time' are presented