Computer Science
Scientific paper
Apr 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990ncimc..13..391a&link_type=abstract
Nuovo Cimento C, Serie 1 (ISSN 0390-5551), vol. 13 C, Mar.-Apr. 1990, p. 391-399.
Computer Science
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Cosmic Ray Showers, Muons, Radiation Detectors, Data Acquisition, Design Analysis, Flow Charts
Scientific paper
The design, operating principle, and current status of Plastex, an experimental air-shower measurement system being installed near the GREX gamma-ray telescope facility in Haverah Park (UK), are reviewed and illustrated with drawings and diagrams. In a Plastex observation, the GREX scintillator array selects a shower, estimates the shower direction and particle density at the Plastex site, and triggers a muon detector which estimates the muon density at the Plastex site. The computer-controlled Plastex track detector comprises two 2.5 x 2.35-m stacks made up of identical upper and lower tracking chambers (each with three planes of 1-cm-wide streamer tubes flushed with 75:25 isobutane:Ar and separated by 40 cm) separated by a 0.9-cm-thick lead plate. The Plastex detector measures the densities and directions of electrons, photons, and muons striking it. At present the streamer tubes are operational and conditioned, and data acquisition has begun.
Agnetta Gaetano
Biondo Benedetto
Buccheri Rosolino
Carollo Marcella C.
Catalano Osvaldo
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