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A large high altitude air shower observatory (LHAASO) located at Daocheng in Sichuan province, China, with an altitude up to 4410 m above the sea level, takes the function of hybrid technology to detect cosmic rays. It is composed of three sub-arrays: a 1.3 km2 ground-based particle detector array (KM2A) for γ-ray astronomy and cosmic ray physics, a 78000 m2 water Cherenkov detector array (WCDA) for γ-ray astronomy, and 18 wide field-of-view air Cherenkov/fluorescence telescopes array (WFCTA) for cosmic ray physics. As the major array of LHAASO, KM2A is composed of 5195 electromagnetic particle detectors (EDs, each with 1 m2) and 1188 muon detectors (MDs, each with 36 m2). In the ground-based experiments, there are two common independent data acquisition systems, corresponding to the shower and scaler operation modes. Up to now, the KM2A array operates only in shower mode with the primary energy threshold of about 10 TeV. In the scaler mode, it is not necessary for too many detectors to be hit at the same time. The energy threshold of the experiment can be greatly lowered. In order to learn more about the scaler mode in LHAASO-KM2A, we adopt the CORSIKA 7.5700 to study the cascade processes of extensive air showers in the atmosphere, and employ the G4KM2A (based on Geant4) to simulate the detector responses. The KM2A-ED array is divided into dozens of clusters. For one cluster (composed of 64 EDs), the event rates of showers having a number of fired EDs ≥ 1, 2, 3, 4 (in a time coincidence of 100 ns) are recorded. The average rates of the four multiplicities are ~88 kHz, ~1400 Hz, ~220 Hz, and ~110 Hz, respectively. The particle multiplicities m ≥ 3 are almost completely due to cosmic ray secondary particles. The corresponding primary energies and effective areas are also given in this paper. According to our simulations, the energy threshold of the scaler mode can be lowered to 100 GeV, and the effective areas reach up to ~100 m2. The simulation results in this work are helpful in the online triggering with the scaler mode, and provide information for the subsequent data analysis in LHAASO-KM2A.
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Keywords:
- cosmic rays /
- scaler mode /
- Monte Carlo simulations
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图 1 KM2A-ED阵列(左)和scaler模式中cluster的ED布局图(右)
Figure 1. Layout diagram of KM2A-ED array (left) and the cluster in scaler mode (right).
图 2 经过1个ED探测器响应后宇宙线计数率分布的模拟结果
Figure 2. Event rate distribution for one ED.
图 3 Scaler模式中多重数 m ≥ 1, 2, 3和4的计数率分布
Figure 3. Event rate distribution with m ≥ 1, 2, 3 and 4 in scaler mode.
图 4 Scaler 模式中不同多重数时有效面积随原初能量的分布 (a)质子; (b)氦
Figure 4. The Aeff as a function of the primary energy in scaler mode: (a) Proton; (b) Helium.
图 5 Scaler模式中不同多重数时有效面积随天顶角的分布 (a)质子; (b)氦
Figure 5. The Aeff as a function of the zenith angle in scaler mode: (a) Proton; (b) Helium.
图 6 Scaler 模式中不同多重数时探测到的原初质子能量分布
Figure 6. Energy distribution for primary Proton in scaler mode.
图 7 Scaler 模式中不同多重数时探测到的原初氦能量分布
Figure 7. Energy distribution for primary Helium in scaler mode.
表 1 Scaler模式中不同多重数时的平均计数率和宇宙线贡献率
Table 1. Average rates and the contribution of cosmic rays in scaler mode.
多重数(m) ≥ 1 ≥ 2 ≥ 3 ≥ 4 平均计数率 88 kHz 1400 Hz 220 Hz 110 Hz 宇宙线贡献率 42.3% 62.3% 96.9% 99.7% 
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表 2 Scaler模式中探测原初质子和氦的平均有效面积
Table 2. Average effective area for primary Proton and Helium in scaler mode.
多重数(m) Proton: $ \langle $Aeff$ \rangle $ /m2 Helium: $ \langle $Aeff$ \rangle $ /m2 ≥ 1 129.69 73.07 ≥ 2 2.38 0.91 ≥ 3 0.67 0.49 ≥ 4 0.34 0.27
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表 3 Scaler模式中探测原初质子和氦的平均能量
Table 3. Average energy of primary Proton and Helium in scaler mode.
多重数(m) Proton $ \langle $E$ \rangle $/GeV Helium $ \langle $E$ \rangle $/GeV ≥ 1 93.8 236.0 ≥ 2 1.4 × 103 5.4 × 103 ≥ 3 6.3 × 103 1.4 × 104 ≥ 4 9.5 × 103 1.9 × 104
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[1] 张潇, 陈阳 2019 现代物理知识 31 9
Zhang X, Chen Y 2019 Modern Physics 31 9
[2] 周勋秀, 胡红波, 黄庆 2009 物理学报 58 5879
Google Scholar
Zhou X X, Hu H B, Huang Q 2009 Acta Phys. Sin. 58 5879
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[4] Abeysekara A U, Alfaro R, Alvarez C 2015 Astrophys. J. 800 78
Google Scholar
[5] Aharonian F, An Q, Axikegu 2021 Chin. Phys. C 45 025002
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Xu B, Bie Y G, Zou D 2012 Chin. J. Space Sci. 32 501
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Chen S Z, Zhao J, Liu Y, He H H, Hou C, Li X R, Zhang Z Q, Li C, Liu J, Li Z, Wang L Y 2017 Nuclear Electronics & Detection Technology 37 1101
[21] 卢晓旭, 顾旻皓, 朱科军, 李飞 2020 核技术 43 80
Lu X X, Gu M H, Zhu K J, Li F 2020 Nuclear Techniques 43 80
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Google Scholar
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Cao Z, Chen M J, Chen S Z 2019 Acta Astronomica Sinica 60 19
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