Plastic scintillator detector array for detection of cosmic ray air shower

TL;DR

This paper describes the development and deployment of a plastic scintillator detector array at high altitude for continuous cosmic ray air shower measurements, presenting the methodology and initial results.

Contribution

It introduces a new high-altitude plastic scintillator array for cosmic ray detection and details its construction, deployment, and measurement methodology.

Findings

Continuous measurement of shower rate since 2018

Successful operation of the detector array at 2200m altitude

Initial data collection and analysis methods established

Abstract

An air shower array of seven plastic scintillation detectors has been built and commissioned at an altitude of 2200 meter above sea level in the Eastern Himalayas (Darjeeling). Continuous measurement of shower rate using this array is going on since the end of January, 2018. The method of measurement and experimental results are presented in this article.