Calibration of the air shower energy scale of the water and air Cherenkov techniques in the LHAASO experiment
Aharonian, F.6,7; An, Q.29,30; Axikegu14; Bai, L. X.13; Bai, Y. X.31,33; Bao, Y. W.19; Bastieri, D.24; Bi, X. J.31,32,33; Bi, Y. J.31,33; Cai, H.11
刊名PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021-09-15
卷号104期号:6
ISSN号2470-0010
DOI10.1103/PhysRevD.104.062007
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文献子类Article
英文摘要

The Wide Field-of-View Cherenkov Telescope Array (WFCTA) and the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) of LHAASO are designed to work in combination for measuring the energy spectra of the cosmic ray species over a very wide energy range from a few TeV to 10 PeV. The energy calibration can be achieved with a proven technique of measuring the westward shift of the Moon shadow cast by galactic cosmic rays due to the geomagnetic field. This deflection angle. is inversely proportional to the cosmic ray rigidity. The precise measurement of the shifts by WCDA allows us to calibrate its energy scale for energies as high as 35 TeV. Through a set of commonly triggered events, the energy scales can be propagated to WFCTA. The energies of the events can be derived both by WCDA-1 and WFCTAwith the median energies 23.4 +/- 0.1 +/- 1.3 TeV and (21.9 +/- 0.1 TeV), respectively, which are consistent within uncertainties. In addition, the propagation of the energy scale is also validated by the Moon shadow based on the same data selection criteria of the commonly triggered events. This paper reports, for the first time, an observational measurement of the absolute energy scale of the primary cosmic rays generating showers observed by air Cherenkov telescopes.

学科主题物理学 ; 天文学 ; 天体物理学 ; 高能天体物理学
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资助项目Chengdu Management Committee of Tianfu New Area for the constant ; National Key R&D program of China[2018YFA0404201] ; National Key R&D program of China[2018YFA0404202] ; National Key R&D program of China[2018YFA0404203] ; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11635011] ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11761141001] ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11905240] ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11503021] ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11205126] ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11947404] ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11675187] ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[U1831208] ; Schools of Science and Technology Plan from SiChuan Province Grant[20SYSX0294] ; Thailand Science Research and Innovation[RTA6280002]
WOS关键词PERFORMANCE ; FIELD
WOS研究方向Astronomy & Astrophysics ; Physics
语种英语
出版者AMER PHYSICAL SOC
WOS记录号WOS:000699731100002
资助机构Chengdu Management Committee of Tianfu New Area for the constant ; National Key R&D program of China[2018YFA0404201, 2018YFA0404202, 2018YFA0404203] ; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; NSFCNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11635011, 11761141001, 11905240, 11503021, 11205126, 11947404, 11675187, U1831208] ; Schools of Science and Technology Plan from SiChuan Province Grant[20SYSX0294] ; Thailand Science Research and Innovation[RTA6280002]
内容类型期刊论文
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源URL[http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/24571]  
专题云南天文台_高能天体物理研究组
通讯作者Cao, Zhe; Ma, L. L.; Nan, Y. C.; Wang, Y. J.; Zeng, Z. K.
作者单位1.Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 10400 Bangkok, Thailand
2.Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Faculté de Sciences, Université de Genève, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland;
3.Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700 Moscow, Russia;
4.Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia;
5.Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy;
6.Max-Planck-Institut for Nuclear Physics, P.O. Box 103980, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany;
7.Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, 2 Dublin, Ireland;
8.College of Sciences, Northeastern University, 110819 Shenyang, Liaoning, China;
9.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650216 Kunming, Yunnan, China;
10.School of Physics and Astronomy, Yunnan University, 650091 Kunming, Yunnan, China;
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Aharonian, F.,An, Q.,Axikegu,et al. Calibration of the air shower energy scale of the water and air Cherenkov techniques in the LHAASO experiment[J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW D,2021,104(6).
APA Aharonian, F..,An, Q..,Axikegu.,Bai, L. X..,Bai, Y. X..,...&Zuo, X..(2021).Calibration of the air shower energy scale of the water and air Cherenkov techniques in the LHAASO experiment.PHYSICAL REVIEW D,104(6).
MLA Aharonian, F.,et al."Calibration of the air shower energy scale of the water and air Cherenkov techniques in the LHAASO experiment".PHYSICAL REVIEW D 104.6(2021).
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