The acceptance of the HiSPARC experiment

2016/02/22 by N. G. Schultheiss, Schultheiss, N. G.
Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Atmospheric aerosols and clouds #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #astro-ph.IM

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1602.06799

11 pages, 10 figures

arxiv created 2016/02/22 · arxiv updated 2016/02/23

Abstract

Cosmic ray primary particles initiate extended air showers (EAS) in the atmosphere. The directions of these cosmic rays approximate a homogeneous isotropic distribution. The HiSPARC experiment, consisting of a growing number of measurement stations scattered over the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom, detects EAS particles using scintillators. These detections facilitate reconstructions of the direction of cosmic ray primaries. The acceptance of the HiSPARC experiment, limited due to the generating mechanism of EASs in the atmosphere and the location of the measurement stations, has been analysed.

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