The front-end electronics for the Pierre Auger Observatory surface array
The front-end electronics for the Pierre Auger Observatory surface array
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皮埃尔俄歇天文台表面阵列的前端电子设备
DOI：
10.1109/tns.2004.828507
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
D. Nitz
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作者：
D. Nitz
皮埃尔俄歇天文台将研究超高能宇宙射线，对能量高于 10/sup 19/ eV 的初级宇宙射线达到完全敏感度。南半球站点观测站目前正在建设中。该站点的表面阵列将包含分布在 3000 公里/sup 2/ 范围内的 1600 个水切伦科夫探测器站。本文描述了表面探测器站的前端电子器件，它将模拟信号处理与数字触发相结合。讨论了环境限制、开发历史以及现场部署的最终设计。介绍了电子器件的性能特征。
The Pierre Auger Observatory will study ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, reaching full sensitivity for primaries with energies above 10/sup 19/ 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 km/sup 2/. In this paper, the front-end electronics of the surface detector stations, which couple analog signal processing with digital triggering, are described. The environmental constraints, history of the development, and the final design being deployed in the field are discussed. Performance characteristics of the electronics are presented.