Preliminary Simulation of the Scibar Cosmic-Ray Telescope (SciCRT) at Sierra Negra
Por:
Monterde-Andrade F., González L.X., Valdés-Galicia J.F., Newton-Bosch J., Morales-Olivares O.G., Matsubara Y., Itow Y., Sako T., Kawabata T., Ortiz E., Taylor R., Hurtado A., Musalem O., Munakata K., Kato C., Kihara W., Ko Y., Shibata S., Takamaru H., Oshima A., Koi T., Kojima H., Tsuchiya H., Watanabe K., Kozai M., Nakamura Y.
Publicada:
1 ene 2024
Resumen:
The Scibar Cosmic-Ray Telescope (SciCRT) is a brand new detector of the Sierra Negra Cosmic Rays Observatory (SN-CRO). It is designed to observe solar neutrons and the muon background produced by galactic cosmic rays. In this work we present a Geant4-based simulation of the muon detection efficiency of the SciCRT; for this purpose we injected 105 muons, in an energy range from 100 to 1000 MeV, impinging the SciCRT array. Our results provide new information about the SciCRT performance and may be used to study variations in low energy galactic cosmic rays. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons.
Filiaciones:
Monterde-Andrade F.:
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
González L.X.:
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
LANCE, SCiESMEX, Instituto de Geofísica, Unidad Michoacán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México., Michoacán, Morelia, 58190, Mexico
Valdés-Galicia J.F.:
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
Newton-Bosch J.:
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
Morales-Olivares O.G.:
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
Matsubara Y.:
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Itow Y.:
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Sako T.:
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo., Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
Kawabata T.:
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Ortiz E.:
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
Taylor R.:
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
Hurtado A.:
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
Musalem O.:
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
Munakata K.:
Department of Physics, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Asahi, 390-8621, Japan
Kato C.:
Department of Physics, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Asahi, 390-8621, Japan
Kihara W.:
Department of Physics, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Asahi, 390-8621, Japan
Ko Y.:
Department of Physics, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Asahi, 390-8621, Japan
Shibata S.:
College of Engineering, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
Takamaru H.:
College of Engineering, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
Oshima A.:
College of Engineering, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
Koi T.:
College of Engineering, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
Kojima H.:
Faculty of Engineering, Aichi Institute of Technology, Toyota, 470-0392, Japan
Tsuchiya H.:
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
Watanabe K.:
National Defense Academy of Japan, 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Kanagawa, Yokosuka, 239-8686, Japan
Kozai M.:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kanagawa, Sagamihara, 252-5210, Japan
Nakamura Y.:
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China
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