An optimized method for the reconstruction of the direction of air showers for scintillator arrays

H. Krawczynski; J. Prahl; F. Arqueros; S. Bradbury; J. Cortina; T. Deckers; R. Eckmann; E. Feigl; J. Fernandez; V. Fonseca; B. Funk; J. Gebauer; J. C. Gonzalez; V. Haustein; G. Heinzelmann; I. Holl; O. Kirstein; H. Kornmeyer; F. Krennrich; A. Lindner; E. Lorenz; N. Magnussen; S. Martinez; M. Merck; H. Meyer; R. Mirzoyan; H. Möller; A. Moralejo; N. Müller; L. Padilla; D. Petry; R. Plaga; C. Prosch; G. Rauterberg; W. Rhode; M. Samorski; J. A. Sanchez; D. Schmele; R. N. Sooth; W. Stamm; S. Westerhoff; B. Wiebel-Sooth; M. Willmer

doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00864-9

An optimized method for the reconstruction of the direction of air showers for scintillator arrays

H. Krawczynski
, J. Prahl
, F. Arqueros
, S. Bradbury
, J. Cortina
, T. Deckers
, R. Eckmann
, E. Feigl
, J. Fernandez
, V. Fonseca
, B. Funk
, J. Gebauer
, J. C. Gonzalez
, V. Haustein
, G. Heinzelmann
, I. Holl
, O. Kirstein
, H. Kornmeyer
, F. Krennrich
, A. Lindner

E. Lorenz, N. Magnussen, S. Martinez, M. Merck, H. Meyer, R. Mirzoyan, H. Möller, A. Moralejo, N. Müller, L. Padilla, D. Petry, R. Plaga, C. Prosch, G. Rauterberg, W. Rhode, M. Samorski, J. A. Sanchez, D. Schmele, R. N. Sooth, W. Stamm, S. Westerhoff, B. Wiebel-Sooth, M. Willmer

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An optimized method is presented for the reconstruction of air shower directions for scintillator arrays. The method takes into account that both the expectation value and the spread of the measured arrival times not only depend on the distance of a counter from the shower axis, but also on the number of particles registered in that counter. It also takes into account that the distributions of the measured arrival times are not Gaussian. For showers recorded with the HEGRA scintillator array above the threshold energy of E_thres = 20 TeV the mean angular resolution obtained with this method is 〈σ_63%^θ〈 = 1.0°, and above a threshold E_thres = 50 TeV it is 〈σ_63%^θ〉 = 0.6°. Comparing the new procedure with the HEGRA standard procedure the angular resolution has improved on average by a factor of 1.33. The mis-pointing has been determined with an accuracy of 0.15°. The method is developed using experimental data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	431-440
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	383
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00864-9
State	Published - Dec 11 1996

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Astronomical observations
Cosmic rays
Gamma rays
Instruments and techniques

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Krawczynski, H., Prahl, J., Arqueros, F., Bradbury, S., Cortina, J., Deckers, T., Eckmann, R., Feigl, E., Fernandez, J., Fonseca, V., Funk, B., Gebauer, J., Gonzalez, J. C., Haustein, V., Heinzelmann, G., Holl, I., Kirstein, O., Kornmeyer, H., Krennrich, F., ... Willmer, M. (1996). An optimized method for the reconstruction of the direction of air showers for scintillator arrays. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 383(2-3), 431-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00864-9

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Krawczynski, H, Prahl, J, Arqueros, F, Bradbury, S, Cortina, J, Deckers, T, Eckmann, R, Feigl, E, Fernandez, J, Fonseca, V, Funk, B, Gebauer, J, Gonzalez, JC, Haustein, V, Heinzelmann, G, Holl, I, Kirstein, O, Kornmeyer, H, Krennrich, F, Lindner, A, Lorenz, E, Magnussen, N, Martinez, S, Merck, M, Meyer, H, Mirzoyan, R, Möller, H, Moralejo, A, Müller, N, Padilla, L, Petry, D, Plaga, R, Prosch, C, Rauterberg, G, Rhode, W, Samorski, M, Sanchez, JA, Schmele, D, Sooth, RN, Stamm, W, Westerhoff, S, Wiebel-Sooth, B & Willmer, M 1996, 'An optimized method for the reconstruction of the direction of air showers for scintillator arrays', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 383, no. 2-3, pp. 431-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00864-9

An optimized method for the reconstruction of the direction of air showers for scintillator arrays. / Krawczynski, H.; Prahl, J.; Arqueros, F. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 383, No. 2-3, 11.12.1996, p. 431-440.

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