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Timing and Signal Amplitude Measurements in a Small EAS Array.

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Τίτλος: Timing and Signal Amplitude Measurements in a Small EAS Array.
Συγγραφείς: Wibig, Tadeusz
Πηγή: Symmetry (20738994); Feb2026, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p229, 10p
Θεματικοί όροι: Time measurements, Measurement uncertainty (Statistics), Simulation methods & models, Simulation software, Cosmic ray showers, Particle detectors
Περίληψη: Small detector arrays, which are designed to record relatively small EAS with energy in the 'knee' region, are often equipped with clocks that measure the time difference between fast signals from several detectors, as well as spectrometric channels that provide the amplitudes of these signals. When analyzing them to determine the angles of arrival and the size of the registered showers, it is important to take into account uncertainties, i.e., the dispersion of measured time differences and shower size relative to the 'true' values, which are unknown in the actual situation. Analyses of these spreads are essentially only possible on the basis of correctly performed simulation calculations that take into account all possible stochastic processes in the development of showers in the atmosphere. In this paper, we present a simulation-based analysis using the CORSIKA program of a small EAS array model consisting of four charged particle detectors. We demonstrate the potential offered by ideal timing and how we can infer the energy of the primary particle by analyzing signal amplitudes. The analysis shows that the costs, not only financial, of introducing timing and shower spectrometry are not worth the potential physical gains that we can achieve by using them to analyse small showers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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