Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-06-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To be published in the Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 3 - 11, 2007, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Scientific paper
The building block of the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory is a water Cherenkov tank. The response to shower particles is simulated using a dedicated program based on GEANT4. To check the simulation chain, we compare the simulated signals produced by cosmic muons at various zenith angles with experimental data from a special Cherenkov detector equipped with a muon hodoscope. The signals from muon-decay electrons and the evolution of the charge with water level are also studied.
for the Pierre Auger Collaboration
Ghia Piera Luisa
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