KMS National Astronomical Observatories, CAS
| Calibration of the Yangbajing air-shower core detector | |
| Zhang, Y.1,2; Huang, J.1; Chen, D.3; Zhai, L. M.3; Chen, X.1; Lin, Y. H.1,2; Fang, J. H.1,2 | |
| 2020-07-01 | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
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| ISSN | 1748-0221 |
| Volume | 15Issue:7Pages:12 |
| Abstract | Aiming at the observation of cosmic-ray chemical composition at the 'knee' energy region, a new type air-shower core detector (YAC, Yangbajing Air shower Core array) consisting of a lead plate of 3.5 cm thick and a scintillation counter with an area of 0.5 m(2) has been developed and set up at Yangbajing, 4300 m a.s.l. in Tibet, China since 2014. The main purpose of YAC detector is to separate primary cosmic-ray mass by detecting high energy electromagnetic particles at the air-shower (AS) core generated by the secondary particles after passing through the lead plate. In order to precisely measure the number of shower particles, the calibration procedure of the YAC detector is described in this paper. We found that the linear relationship between YAC scintillation detector output and incident particles is good below 5x10(6) MIPs while the non-linearity is less than 3%. Such a wide dynamic range shows that YAC experiment may make it possible to obtain the primary mass composition and energy spectrum covering and above the 'knee' energy region. |
| Keyword | Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams) Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (gas) (gas-photocathodes, solid-photocathodes) Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators) |
| Funding Organization | National Key R&D Program of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-0221/15/07/P07014 |
| WOS Keyword | PRIMARY COSMIC-RAYS ; ENERGY-SPECTRUM ; KNEE ; RANGE |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | National Key R&D Program of China[2016YFE0125500] ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11533007] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11673041] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11873065] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11803038] |
| Funding Organization | National Key R&D Program of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China |
| WOS Research Area | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| WOS Subject | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| WOS ID | WOS:000551902600014 |
| Publisher | IOP PUBLISHING LTD |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.bao.ac.cn/handle/114a11/82555 |
| Collection | 中国科学院国家天文台 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, Y. |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys, Key Lab Particle Astrophys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Y.,Huang, J.,Chen, D.,et al. Calibration of the Yangbajing air-shower core detector[J]. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION,2020,15(7):12. |
| APA | Zhang, Y..,Huang, J..,Chen, D..,Zhai, L. M..,Chen, X..,...&Fang, J. H..(2020).Calibration of the Yangbajing air-shower core detector.JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION,15(7),12. |
| MLA | Zhang, Y.,et al."Calibration of the Yangbajing air-shower core detector".JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION 15.7(2020):12. |
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