Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005nimpa.540..311g&link_type=abstract
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 540, Issue 2-3, p. 311-323.
Physics
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The change in the spectral index from about -2.7 to -3.1 at ˜3×10 eV in the all-particle energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays is very significant for learning about the nature of cosmic sources of ultra-high energy particles and their acceleration and propagation in the galactic disk. Any observation of a fine structure in the spectrum would be important for improving our understanding of these physical processes. The GRAPES-3 air shower array has been designed to achieve higher precision in determination of various shower parameters to enable observation of any fine structure in the energy spectrum, if it exists. The details of the shower detectors, shower trigger and the data acquisition system are presented here along with estimates of trigger efficiencies from Monte Carlo simulations for primary photons (γ-rays) and several nuclei.
Aikawa Yuri
Gopalakrishnan N. V.
Gupta Kumar S.
Hayashi Yasuaki
Ikeda Naoki
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