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Optimization of the size of scintillation detectors in order to use in an array of 20 detectors which is going to be placed in the Sharif University of Technology

Pezeshkian, Y ; Sharif University of Technology | 2011

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.7529/ICRC2011/V03/0219
  3. Publisher: Institute of High Energy Physics , 2011
  4. Abstract:
  5. As a primary step of establishment of an extensive air shower array consisting 20 scintillation detectors we optimized an individual detector. Square shaped scintillators are placed under a metal pyramid Light Enclosure with a photomultiplier tube (PMT) at the vertex of it. A set of experiments are performed to optimize the height of light enclosures by comparing 4 different heights 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 m. These experiments are supported by a Monte Carlo simulation of detection process. In this article, by considering experimental and simulation results we concluded that 20 cm is an optimum height for light enclosures
  6. Keywords:
  7. Detector simulation ; Light enclosure ; Scintillator ; Cosmic rays ; Enclosures ; Experiments ; Monte Carlo methods ; Particle detectors ; Phosphors ; Scintillation counters ; Detection process ; Detector simulations ; Different heights ; Extensive air showers ; Photomultiplier tube ; Optimization
  8. Source: Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011, 11 August 2011 through 18 August 2011, Beijing ; Volume 3 , 2011 , Pages 40-43
  9. URL: http://www.ihep.ac.cn/english/conference/icrc2011/paper/proc/v3/v3_0219.pdf