Design and implementation of the AMIGA embedded system for data acquisition
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2021-07-21 v3 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
The Auger Muon Infill Ground Array (AMIGA) is part of the AugerPrime upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory. It consists of particle counters buried 2.3 m underground next to the water-Cherenkov stations that form the 23.5 km large infilled array. The reduced distance between detectors in this denser area allows the lowering of the energy threshold for primary cosmic ray reconstruction down to about 10 eV. At the depth of 2.3 m the electromagnetic component of cosmic ray showers is almost entirely absorbed so that the buried scintillators provide an independent and direct measurement of the air showers muon content. This work describes the design and implementation of the AMIGA embedded system, which provides centralized control, data acquisition and environment monitoring to its detectors. The presented system was firstly tested in the engineering array phase ended in 2017, and lately selected as the final design to be installed in all new detectors of the production phase. The system was proven to be robust and reliable and has worked in a stable manner since its first deployment.
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@article{arxiv.2101.11747,
title = {Design and implementation of the AMIGA embedded system for data acquisition},
author = {The Pierre Auger Collaboration and A. Aab and P. Abreu and M. Aglietta and J. M. Albury and I. Allekotte and A. Almela and J. Alvarez-Muñiz and R. Alves Batista and G. A. Anastasi and L. Anchordoqui and B. Andrada and S. Andringa and C. Aramo and P. R. Araújo Ferreira and J. C. Arteaga Velázquez and H. Asorey and P. Assis and G. Avila and A. M. Badescu and A. Bakalova and A. Balaceanu and F. Barbato and R. J. Barreira Luz and K. H. Becker and J. A. Bellido and C. Berat and M. E. Bertaina and X. Bertou and P. L. Biermann and V. Binet and T. Bister and J. Biteau and J. Blazek and C. Bleve and M. Boháčová and D. Boncioli and C. Bonifazi and L. Bonneau Arbeletche and N. Borodai and A. M. Botti and J. Brack and T. Bretz and P. G. Brichetto Orchera and F. L. Briechle and P. Buchholz and A. Bueno and S. Buitink and M. Buscemi and K. S. Caballero-Mora and L. Caccianiga and F. Canfora and I. Caracas and J. M. Carceller and R. Caruso and A. Castellina and F. Catalani and G. 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journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.11747},
year = {2021}
}
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Accepted for publication at JINST. Published version, 34 pages, 15 figures, 4 tables