Simulation of surface detector arrays at different altitudes to study the second knee energy region

D. MELO; I. SIDELNIK; A. SEDOSKI CROCE; A. TAPIA CASANOVA; A. ETCHEGOYEN; J.M. FIGUEIRA; R. GAMARRA; B. GARCÍA; N. GONZÁLEZ; M. JOSEBACHUILI; D. RAVIGNANI; F. SÁNCHEZ; B. WUNDHEILER

Exposici�n; International Cosmic Rays Conference 2013; 2013

In this work we study the effect of altitude on the response of a variety of surface detectors arraysusing simulated extensive air showers coming from primary cosmic rays in the second knee energy region, withthe aim of assessing the suitability of each configuration. The simulated arrays are all arranged in a square grid,varying the site altitude and the distance between detectors. The explored energy range is from 1016.25 eV to 1018eV, using zenith angles lower than 45o . The spacing between detectors is of 325 m, 425 m and 525 m, at altitudesof 1400 m, 2400 m and 3400 m (a.s.l.). The main parameters used to study the efficiency of the proposed detectorarrays are presented and discussed in this paper.