Investigating the Characteristics of Scintillation Detectorsfor the NEVOD-EAS Experimentстатья
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Аннотация:A cluster type NEVOD-EAS setup is being constructed by the National Research Nuclear University
MEPhI on the basis of the Unique Scientific Facility “Experimental Complex NEVOD”. The NEVODEAS
setup is intended for the detection of extensive air showers (EASs) with energies in the region of the knee
in the energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays (1015–1017 eV). The key elements of the setup are 192 particle
detectors for EAS electron–photon and muon components. These detectors are composed of NE102A
organic scintillators and Philips XP3462 photomultiplier tubes enclosed in pyramidal steel cases. The techniques
used to investigate the characteristics of scintillator plates, photomultiplier tubes, and NEVOD-EAS
detectors, as well as the results of this investigation, are discussed. All measurements have been taken using
special testing facilities and the precision URAGAN muon hodoscope, with which it is possible to comprehensively
investigate the nonuniformity of light collection in the detector (the dependence of the detector
response on the location of the passage of a charged particle through its operating volume).