Double-layered Water Cherenkov Detector for SWGO

SWGO Collaboration

Double-layered Water Cherenkov Detector for SWGO

SWGO Collaboration

Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Aix-Marseille Université and CNRS/IN2P3
University of Padua
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Czech Academy of Sciences
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
University of Turin
RWTH Aachen University
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Warsaw
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
Universidad Nacional de Salta
Polytechnic University of Milan
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Universidad de Guadalajara
Universidade de São Paulo
National Institute for Astrophysics
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria
University of Würzburg
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

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Abstract

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) will use the well-established and cost-effective technique of detecting Cherenkov light produced in water-filled detection units for TeV gamma-ray astronomy. Leveraging detector material reflectivity together with an optimised aspect ratio is an option to improve the performance of an array of such detector units. The double-layered Water Cherenkov Detector units comprise chambers with single photosensors in each. A reflective upper compartment enhances sensitivity to impinging secondary particles. A shallow lower compartment enables muon tagging and consequently improves the gamma hadron separation power of the observatory. Here we present detailed studies on the double-layered unit design.

Original language	English
Article number	902
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: 12 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021

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Double-layered Water Cherenkov Detector for SWGO

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