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Chapter Carbon Nanotubes-Based Radiation Detectors
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Comparison between methods for the determination of the primary cosmic ray mass composition from the longitudinal profile of atmospheric cascades
The determination of the primary cosmic ray mass composition from the
longitudinal development of atmospheric cascades is still a debated issue. In
this work we discuss several data analysis methods and show that if the entire
information contained in the longitudinal profile is exploited, reliable
results may be obtained. Among the proposed methods FCC ('Fit of the Cascade
Curve'), MTA ('Multiparametric Topological Analysis') and NNA ('Neural Net
Analysis') with conjugate gradient optimization algorithm give the best
accuracy.Comment: 22 pages, 11 figures, accepted by Astroparticle Physics, minor
misprints and an extra figure remove
Precise determination of muon and electromagnetic shower contents from shower universality property
We consider two new aspects of Extensive Air Shower development universality
allowing to make accurate estimation of muon and electromagnetic (EM) shower
contents in two independent ways. In the first case, to get muon (or EM) signal
in water Cherenkov tanks or in scintillator detectors it is enough to know the
vertical depth of shower maximum and the total signal in the ground detector.
In the second case, the EM signal can be calculated from the primary particle
energy and the zenith angle. In both cases the parametrizations of muon and EM
signals are almost independent on primary particle nature, energy and zenith
angle. Implications of the considered properties for mass composition and
hadronic interaction studies are briefly discussed. The present study is
performed on 28000 of proton, oxygen and iron showers, generated with CORSIKA
6.735 for spectrum in the energy range log(E/eV)=18.5-20.0 and
uniformly distributed in cos^2(theta) in zenith angle interval theta=0-65
degrees for QGSJET II/Fluka interaction models.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.
A new multiparametric topological method for determining the primary cosmic ray mass composition in the knee energy region
The determination of the primary cosmic ray mass composition from the
characteristics of extensive air showers (EAS), obtained at an observation
level in the lower half of the atmosphere, is still an open problem. In this
work we propose a new method of the Multiparametric Topological Analysis and
show its applicability for the determination of the mass composition of the
primary cosmic rays at the PeV energy region.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, talk given at Vulcano 2004 Workshop 'Frontier
Objects in Physics and Astrophysics', Vulcano, Italy, 24-29.05.04, to be
published in the Proceedings of the Worksho
A new method for the UHECR mass composition studies
The detemination of the primary cosmic ray mass composition from the
longitudinal development of atmospheric cascades is still an open problem. In
this work we propose a new method of the multiparametric topological analysis
and show that if both X - the depth of shower maximum and N -
the number of charged particles in the shower maximum are used, reliable
results can be obtained.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, talk given at CRIS2004 Cosmic Ray International
Seminar 'GZK and Surroundings', 31.05-4.06.04, Catania, Italy, to be
published in Nucl.Phys.B (Proc.Suppl.
Earth-skimming UHE Tau Neutrinos at the Fluorescence Detector of Pierre Auger Observatory
Ultra high energy neutrinos are produced by the interaction of hadronic
cosmic rays with the cosmic radiation background. More exotic scenarios like
topological defects or new hadrons predict even larger fluxes. In particular,
Earth-skimming tau neutrinos could be detected by the Fluorescence Detector
(FD) of Pierre Auger Observatory. A detailed evaluation of the expected number
of events has been performed for a wide class of neutrino flux models. An
updated computation of the neutrino-nucleon cross section and of the tau energy
losses has been carried out. For the most optimistic theoretical models, about
one Earth-skimming neutrino event is expected in several years at FD.Comment: 26 pages, 13 figures, version accepted for publication on
Astroparticle Physic
Measurements and tests on FBK silicon sensors with an optimized electronic design for a CTA camera
In October 2013, the Italian Ministry approved the funding of a Research &
Development (R&D) study, within the "Progetto Premiale TElescopi CHErenkov made
in Italy (TECHE)", devoted to the development of a demonstrator for a camera
for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium. The demonstrator consists
of a sensor plane based on the Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) technology and on
an electronics designed for signal sampling. Preliminary tests on a matrix of
sensors produced by the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK-Trento, Italy) and on
electronic prototypes produced by SITAEL S.p.A. will be presented. In
particular, we used different designs of the electronics in order to optimize
the output signals in terms of tail cancellation. This is crucial for
applications where a high background is expected, as for the CTA experiment.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures; Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Science with
the New Generation of High-Energy Gamma-ray experiments (SciNeGHE) -
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