Abstract
We present the results of modeling and simulating the Hamamatsu R5912
photomultiplier tube that is used in most of the sites of the Latin
American Giant Observatory (LAGO). The model was compared with data of
in-operation water Cherenkov detectors (WCD) installed at
Bucaramanga-Colombia and Bariloche-Argentina. The LAGO project is an
international experiment that spans across Latin America at different
altitudes joining more than 35 institutions of 11 countries. It is
mainly oriented to basic research on gamma-ray bursts and space weather
phenomena. The LAGO network consists of single or small arrays of WCDs
composed mainly by a photomultiplier tube and a readout electronics that
acquires single-particle or extensive air shower events triggered by the
interaction of cosmic rays with the Earth atmosphere.