Analysis of Data from Surface Detector Stations of the AugerPrime Upgrade

S. J. SCIUTTO; THE PIERRE AUGER COLLABORATION.; A. TABOADA

Madison, Wisconsin

Conferencia; International Cosmic Ray Conference - ICRC 2019; 2019

Measuring the different components of extensive air showers is of key importance in reconstructing the mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. AugerPrime, the upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory, aims to enhance the sensitivity of its surface detector to the masses of cosmic rays by installing a 3.8 m2 plastic scintillator detector on top of each of the 1660 Water-Cherenkov Detectors (WCDs). This Scintillator Surface Detector (SSD) provides a complementary measurement which allows for disentanglement of the electromagnetic and muonic shower components.Another important improvement of AugerPrime are the surface-detector electronics. The new electronics will process signals from the WCD and the SSD with higher sampling frequency and enhanced resolution in signal amplitude. Furthermore, a smaller photomultiplier tube will beadded to each WCD, thus increasing its dynamic range. Twelve upgraded surface detector stations have been operating since September 2016. Additionally, seventy-seven SSDs have been deployed and are taking data since March 2019. In this work, the analysis of the data from thesedetectors is presented.