The advent of the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) necessitates the development of a powerful framework for the analysis of radio measurements of cosmic ray air showers. As AERA performs "radio-hybrid" measurements of air shower radio emission in coincidence with the surface particle detectors and fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory, the radio analysis functionality had to be incorporated in the existing hybrid analysis solutions for fluorescence and surface detector data. This goal has been achieved in a natural way by extending the existing Auger Offline software framework with radio functionality. In this article, we lay out the design, highlights and features of the radio extension implemented in the Auger Offline framework. Its functionality has achieved a high degree of sophistication and offers advanced features such as vectorial reconstruction of the electric field, advanced signal processing algorithms, a transparent and efficient handling of FFTs, a very detailed simulation of detector effects, and the read-in of multiple data formats including data from various radio simulation codes. The source code of this radio functionality can be made available to interested parties on request. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Advanced functionality for radio analysis in the Offline software framework of the Pierre Auger Observatory |
Autor: | Multitudinario:470 |
Filiación: | Centro Atómico Bariloche and, Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina Centro Atmico Constituyentes (Comisin Nacional DeEnerga Atmica/CONICET/UTN-FRBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina Centro de Investigaciones en Lseres y Aplicaciones, CITEFA, CONICET, Argentina Departamento de Fsica, FCEyN, Universidad de BuenosAires y CONICET, Argentina IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata and CONICET, LaPlata, Argentina Instituto de Astronoma y Fsica Del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza, (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina Pierre Auger Southern Observatory, Malarge, Argentina Pierre Auger Southern Observatory and Comisin Nacionalde Energa Atmica, Malarge, Argentina University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Pontifcia Universidade Catlica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Universidade de so Paulo, Instituto de Fsica, So Carlos, SP, Brazil Universidade de so Paulo, Instituto de Fsica, So Paulo, SP, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil Universidade Estadual Do Sudoeste da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, BA, Brazil Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil Universidade Federal Do ABC, Santo Andr, SP, Brazil Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Fsica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Fisica, Niteri, RJ, Brazil Rudjer Boković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic Palacky University, RCATM, Olomouc, Czech Republic Institut de Physique Nuclaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Universit Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Universit Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France Laboratoire de l'Acclrateur Linaire (LAL), Universit Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France Laboratoire de Physique Nuclaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universits Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Universit Joseph Fourier, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France SUBATECH, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France Bergische Universitt Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Campus, North Institut Fr Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Campus, North Institut Fr Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Campus South, Institut Fr Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany Max-Planck-Institut Fr Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany Universitt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Universitt Siegen, Siegen, Germany Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universit, INFN, Genova, Italy Universit dell'Aquila, INFN, L'Aquila, Italy Universit di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universit Del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy Universit di Napoli Federico II and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy Universit di Roma II Tor Vergata and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy Universit di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy Universit di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazionedell', Universit Del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy Istituto di Fisica Dello Spazio Interplanetario (INAF), Universit di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy Universit di Palermo and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy Benemrita Universidad Autnoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Centro de Investigacin y de Estudios Avanzados Del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, D.F., Mexico Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico IMAPP, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands Kernfysisch Versneller Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands NIKHEF, Amsterdam, Netherlands ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland University of Dź, Poland LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia Instituto de Fsica Corpuscular, CSIC, Universitat de Valncia, Valencia, Spain Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Universidad de Alcal, Alcal de Henares, Madrid, Spain Universidad de Granada, C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, United States Fermilab, Batavia, IL, United States Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States New York University, New York, NY, United States Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), Hanoi, Viet Nam Konan University, Kobe, Japan |
Palabras clave: | Analysis software; Cosmic rays; Detector simulation; Radio detection; Advanced signal processing; Air showers; Analysis software; Detector effects; Detector simulation; Fluorescence telescopes; Hybrid analysis; Lay-out; Multiple data; Off-line softwares; Offline; Pierre Auger observatory; Radio detection; Radio emission; Radio measurements; Simulation code; Source codes; Surface detectors; Augers; Buildings; Computer software; Cosmic ray detectors; Cosmic rays; Cosmology; Electric codes; Electric fields; Fluorescence; Observatories; Signal processing; Detectors |
Año: | 2011 |
Volumen: | 635 |
Número: | 1 |
Página de inicio: | 92 |
Página de fin: | 102 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.01.049 |
Título revista: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Título revista abreviado: | Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res Sect A |
ISSN: | 01689002 |
CODEN: | NIMAE |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01689002_v635_n1_p92_Multitudinario |