2016 – 2019
The scope of the work carried out at DAI
Division of Scientific Equipment and Infrastructure Construction (DAI) was involved in the upgrade of the PIERRE AUGER Observatory in Argentina. On a large area (3,000 square kilometers) in the Andes a system of water Cherenkov detectors is constructed for the study of cosmic rays of extremely high energy. As part of the upgrade of this system Surface Scintillator Detectors (SSD) will be installed on top of each Cherenkov detector. 1200 SSD units will be made by the research institutions involved in the PIERRE AUGER collaboration. The DAI division assembled 180 such detectors as the IFJ PAN’s commitment. As a result of agreements between cooperating institutes, the number of detectors made in DAI increased to 228 SSD units. All detectors were tested and packed for shipment.
The scope of work at DAI included: prefabrication of some mechanical parts of the detector, design and execution of the assembly line and detector testing stands, assembling and testing 228 detectors, and sending the detectors to their destination.
Project management in IFJ PAN
Project Manager: H. Wilczyński
Task Managers: T. Gieras, J. Świerblewski
Project timeline
2016 – 2017
The device for testing SSD detectors was designed, assembled and commissioned.
2017
The infrastructure for assembling SSD detectors was designed and constructed. All components have been ordered and prefabricated.
2018
The 180 SSD units detectors were assembled and tested
2019
The additional 48 SSD units detectors were assembled and tested.
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