Cosmic Ray Composition in the Second Knee Region as Measured by the TALE Hybrid Detector

Telescope Array Collaboration

Cosmic Ray Composition in the Second Knee Region as Measured by the TALE Hybrid Detector

Telescope Array Collaboration

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Abstract

The Telescope Array Low-energy Extension (TALE) experiment is a hybrid air shower detector for the observation of air showers induced by cosmic rays with energy above 10¹⁶ eV. The TALE detector consists of a Fluorescence Detector (FD) station with 10 FD telescopes located at the TA Middle Drum FD Station (itself made up of 14 FD telescopes), and a Surface Detector (SD) array made up of 80 scintillation counters, including 40 with 400 m spacing and 40 with 600 m spacing. A triggering system for the TALE-SD using an external trigger from the TALE-FD, a so-called hybrid trigger, allows for a lower energy threshold. The TALE hybrid trigger system has been working since 2018. Here we present an estimate of the performance of hybrid detection using a Monte Carlo simulation, and a first measurement of the cosmic ray composition and spectrum using the TALE-Hybrid detector.

Original language	English
Article number	353
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
Publication status	Published - 2022 Mar 18
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: 2021 Jul 12 → 2021 Jul 23

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The TALE SD production and the TALE hybrid operations are supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS) through Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) 15H05741 and 19H05607; by the joint research program of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo. The experimental site became available through the cooperation of the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the U.S. Air Force. We appreciate the assistance of the State of Utah and Fillmore offices of the BLM in crafting the Plan of Development for the site. The people and the officials of Millard County, Utah have been a source of steadfast and warm support for our work which we greatly appreciate. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution from the technical staffs of our

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AU - Buckland, I.

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AU - Cheon, B. G.

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AU - Fukushima, R.

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Cosmic Ray Composition in the Second Knee Region as Measured by the TALE Hybrid Detector

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