Abstract
The main experimental methods employed in the detection and reconstruction of extensive air showers are here discussed and commented, with wide examples of the techniques and analysis procedures originally employed for this task. The structure and performance of the ground particle arrays, collection of detectors to identify and reconstruct the arrival of a shower, are here discussed and a description is given of the main detection facilities which were used from mid-1940s. The chapter also discusses the detectors arrays based on the Cherenkov effect, the fluorescence detectors and the radio wave detection technique. A brief description of modern arrays, even those built with educational purposes is also presented. Details on how to reconstruct the shower direction by the relative timing associated to several detectors is discussed in Appendix K.
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