Maximizing the time resolution of a particle counter with dead time

F. GESUALDI; A.D. SUPANITSKY

Conferencia; 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference; 2023

We present a method for estimating the number of counts as a function of time of a counter withsub-units for which the expected count densities are the same. This is typically given in arrays ofphoto-multipliers in neutrino experiments, as well as in the segments of one segmented counterfor indirect detection of cosmic rays. We take the latter as study case, and simulate and comparethe performance of our algorithm in a detector like the Underground Muon Detector of the PierreAuger Observatory. By properly accounting for the dead time of the counter, we provide estimatesof the counts as a function of time to a single time-bin resolution.