The front-end electronics for the pierre auger observatory surface array
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
6-1-2004
Abstract
The Pierre Auger Observatory will study ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, reaching full sensitivity for primaries with energies above 1019 eV. The southern hemisphere site observatory is currently under construction. The surface array at this site will contain 1600 water Cherenkov detector stations distributed over 3000 km2. In this paper, the front-end electronics of the surface detector stations, which couple analog signal processing with digital triggering, are described. The enviromental constraints, history of the development, and the final design being deployed in the field are discussed. Performance characteristics of the electronics are presented.
Publication Title
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Recommended Citation
Nitz, D.
(2004).
The front-end electronics for the pierre auger observatory surface array.
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science,
51(3 I), 413-419.
http://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2004.828507
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