Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research section a-accelerators spectrometers detectors and associated equipment
Data di pubblicazione: 1 Gen 2010
The adventoftheAugerEngineeringRadioArray(AERA)necessitatesthedevelopmentofapowerful frameworkfortheanalysisofradiomeasurementsofcosmicrayairshowers.AsAERAperforms‘‘radio- hybrid’’ measurementsofairshowerradioemissionincoincidencewiththesurfaceparticledetectors and fluorescencetelescopesofthePierreAugerObservatory,theradioanalysisfunctionalityhadtobe incorporatedintheexistinghybridanalysissolutionsforfluorescenceandsurfacedetectordata.This goal hasbeenachievedinanaturalwaybyextendingtheexistingAugerOfflinesoftwareframework with radiofunctionality.Inthisarticle,welayoutthedesign,highlightsandfeaturesoftheradio extensionimplementedintheAugerOfflineframework.Itsfunctionalityhasachievedahighdegreeof sophisticationandoffersadvancedfeaturessuchasvectorialreconstructionoftheelectricfield, advancedsignalprocessingalgorithms,atransparentandefficienthandlingofFFTs,averydetailed simulationofdetectoreffects,andtheread-inofmultipledataformatsincludingdatafromvarious
