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V. I. Volchenko

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Performance of tracking stations of the underground cosmic-ray detector array EMMA

2018

Abstract The new cosmic-ray experiment EMMA operates at the depth of 75 m (50 GeV cutoff energy for vertical muons; 210 m.w.e.) in the Pyhasalmi mine, Finland. The underground infrastructure consists of a network of eleven stations equipped with multi-layer, position-sensitive detectors. EMMA is designed for cosmic-ray composition studies around the energy range of the knee, i.e., for primary particles with energies between 1 and 10 PeV. In order to yield significant new results EMMA must be able to record data in the full configuration for about three years. The key to the success of the experiment is the performance of its tracking stations. In this paper we describe the layout of EMMA an…

Physics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenatutkimuslaitteetHigh-energy muonsCosmic rayScintillatorTracking (particle physics)01 natural sciencesOpticscosmic rays0103 physical sciencesAngular resolutiondrift chambersUnderground experimentCosmic rays010303 astronomy & astrophysicsImage resolutionPhysicsMuonDrift chambersta114010308 nuclear & particles physicsbusiness.industryDetectorAstronomy and Astrophysicshigh-energy muonsilmaisimetunderground experimentScintillation counterPlastic scintillation detectorsHigh Energy Physics::Experimentbusinesskosminen säteilyMuon trackingmuon trackingplastic scintillation detectorsAstroparticle Physics
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Background and muon counting rates in underground muon measurements with a plastic scintillator counter based on a wavelength shifting fibre and a mu…

2010

AbstractIn this short note we present results of background measurements carried out with polystyrene based cast plastic 12.0×12.0×3.0 cm3 size scintillator counter with a wavelength shifting fibre and a multi-pixel Geiger mode avalanche photodiode readout in the Baksan underground laboratory at a depth of 200 metres of water equivalent. The total counting rate of the scintillator counter measured at this depth and at a threshold corresponding to ∼0.37 of a minimum ionizing particle is approximately 1.3 Hz.

PhysicsMuonPixelbusiness.industryPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsPhysicsQC1-999radioactivity backgroundGeneral Physics and AstronomyCosmic rayScintillatorAvalanche photodiodeplastic scintillatormulti-pixel avalanche photodiodeWavelengthOpticsmuonOptoelectronicsGeiger mode avalanche photodiodebusinessCounting ratecosmic rayOpen Physics
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Multi-pixel Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode and wavelength shifting fibre readout of plastic scintillator counters of the EMMA underground experiment

2009

The results of a development of a scintillator counter with wavelength shifting (WLS) fibre and a multi-pixel Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode readout are presented. The photodiode has a metal-resistor-semiconductor layered structure and operates in the limited Geiger mode. The scintillator counter has been developed for the EMMA underground cosmic ray experiment.

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsOptical fiberPhysics - Instrumentation and DetectorsPixelbusiness.industryPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsFOS: Physical sciencesPhysics::Physics EducationCosmic rayInstrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)ScintillatorAvalanche photodiodePhotodiodelaw.inventionWavelengthOpticslawGeiger counterOptoelectronicsbusinessInstrumentation
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