The Optimum Distance at which to Determine the Size of a Giant Air Shower

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2006-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608118v1

Astropart.Phys. 26 (2007) 414-419

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.08.

To determine the size of an extensive air shower it is not necessary to have knowledge of the function that describes the fall-off of signal size from the shower core (the lateral distribution function). In this paper an analysis with a simple Monte Carlo model is used to show that an optimum ground parameter can be identified for each individual shower. At this optimal core distance, $r_\mathrm{opt}$, the fluctuations in the expected signal, $S(r_\mathrm{opt})$, due to a lack of knowledge of the lateral distribution function are minimised. Furthermore it is shown that the optimum ground parameter is determined primarily by the array geometry, with little dependence on the energy or zenith angle of the shower or choice of lateral distribution function. For an array such as the Pierre Auger Southern Observatory, with detectors separated by 1500 m in a triangular configuration, the optimum distance at which to measure this characteristic signal is close to 1000 m.

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