Cosmic-ray searches with the MATHUSLA detector

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Cosmic-ray searches with the MATHUSLA detector
المؤلفون: Alpigiani, Cristiano, Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Blanco-Lira, Daniela, Boscherini, Davide, Caballero-Mora, K. S., Camarri, Paolo, Cardarelli, Roberto, Ramírez, Dennis Cazar, Di Sciascio, Giuseppe, Téllez, Arturo Fernández, Lubatti, H. J., Morales-Olivares, O. G., Mamani, Piter Amador Paye, Rangel, David Rivera, Rodríguez-Cahuantzi, Mario, Santonico, Rinaldo, Vázquez, Martin Alfonso Subieta
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Astrophysics
Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
الوصف: The performance of the proposed MATHUSLA detector as an instrument for studying the physics of cosmic rays by measuring extensive air showers is presented. The MATHUSLA detector is designed to observe and study the decay of long-lived particles produced at the pp interaction point of the CMS detector at CERN during the HL-LHC data-taking period. The proposed MATHUSLA detector will be composed of many layers of long scintillating bars that cannot measure more than one hit per bar and correctly report the hit coordinate in case of multiple hits. This study shows that adding a layer of RPC detectors with both analogue and digital readout significantly enhances the capabilities of MATHUSLA to measure the local densities and arrival times of charged particles at the front of air showers. We discuss open issues in cosmic-ray physics that the proposed MATHUSLA detector with an additional layer of RPC detectors could address and conclude by comparing with other air-shower facilities that measure cosmic rays in the PeV energy range.
Comment: 64 pages, 58 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
الوصول الحر: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07704Test
رقم الانضمام: edsarx.2311.07704
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv