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MARTA: a high-energy cosmic-ray detector concept for high-accuracy muon measurement |
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| Authors: | P. Abreu S. Andringa P. Assis A. Blanco V. Barbosa Martins P. Brogueira N. Carolino L. Cazon M. Cerda G. Cernicchiaro R. Colalillo R. Conceição O. Cunha R. M. de Almeida V. de Souza F. Diogo C. Dobrigkeit J. Espadanal C. Espirito-Santo M. Ferreira P. Ferreira P. Fonte U. Giaccari P. Gonçalves F. Guarino O. C. Lippmann L. Lopes R. Luz D. Maurizio F. Marujo P. Mazur L. Mendes A. Pereira Mario Pimenta R. R. Prado J. R̆ídký R. Sarmento C. Scarso R. Shellard J. Souza B. Tomé P. Trávníc̆ek J. Vícha H. Wolters E. Zas |
| Affiliation: | 1.LIP, Laboratório de Instrumenta??o e Física Experimental de Partículas,Braga, Coimbra and Lisbon,Portugal;2.IST, Instituto Superior Técnico,Lisbon,Portugal;3.Observatório Pierre Auger,Malargüe,Argentina;4.CBPF, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil;5.INFN, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Fisica “E. Pancini”,Università di Napoli “Federico II”,Naples,Italy;6.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil;7.Universidade de S?o Paulo, Instituto de Física de S?o Carlos, IFSC/USP,S?o Paulo,Brazil;8.Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW,Campinas,Brazil;9.Fermilab,Chicago,USA;10.Universidade Federal Fluminense,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil;11.Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences,Prague,Czech Republic;12.Universidad de Santiago de Compostela,Santiago de Compostela,Spain |
| Abstract: | A new concept for the direct measurement of muons in air showers is presented. The concept is based on resistive plate chambers (RPCs), which can directly measure muons with very good space and time resolution. The muon detector is shielded by placing it under another detector able to absorb and measure the electromagnetic component of the showers such as a water-Cherenkov detector, commonly used in air shower arrays. The combination of the two detectors in a single, compact detector unit provides a unique measurement that opens rich possibilities in the study of air showers. |
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