Study on the Analog Read-Out of the YBJ-ARGO RPC
- Received Date: 2004-01-14
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2004-08-05
Abstract: The YBJ ARGO experiment is presently in the mounting and debugging phase at the Yangbajing High Altitude Cosmic Ray Laboratory,Tibet,China.The YBJ ARGO EAS array is composed of bakelite RPCs which operate in the streamer mode.The digital read out,performed by means of read out strips,allows measuring the secondary particle number of small size air showers.To extend the dynamic range of the secondary particle number density up to 104/m2,thus to measure the component and spectrum of primary cosmic rays at the knee region,it is necessary to implement the analog read out of the RPC,which is achieved by encapsulating each RPC with two Big PADs.This paper reports on the primary analysis of the analog read out signal of the Big PAD under different gas mixtures,including the amplitude distribution and ratio of the single streamer signal.