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most citedThe Latin American Giant Observatory: Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)

2 citations · 2 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Gamma Neutron Radioactive Source Identification in Water Cherenkov Detectors

A. Núñez Selin, C. Sarmiento Cano, H. Asorey +1

Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCDs) are a robust technology widely used in astrophysics, high energy physics, and recently nuclear security applications. They detect high energy inter…

hep-ex2026

Water Cherenkov Detectors in Precision Agriculture: A Novel Approach for High-Resolution Soil Moisture Monitoring

Christian Sarmiento-Cano, Jaime Betancour, Alejandro Núñez Selin +4

Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCDs), traditionally employed in cosmic-ray detection, are repurposed here for precision soil moisture monitoring using cosmic-ray neutron sensing. This…

physics.ins-det2026

Two-Stage Gamma-Neutron Source Classification in Water Cherenkov Detectors: Energy Threshold Screening and Machine Learning Pulse Analysis

Alejandro Núñez-Selin, Iván Sidelnik, Christian Sarmiento-Cano +2

Water Cherenkov detectors offer a robust and economical solution for real-time radiation monitoring by detecting Cherenkov light from charged particles moving faster than light in…

astro-ph.HE2026

From a Network to a Networking: The Evolution of the Latin American Giant Observatory

C. Sarmiento-Cano, H. Asorey, M. Audelo +11

The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is a collaborative initiative that deploys a network of low-cost, autonomous Water Cherenkov Detectors across Latin America and Spain. I…

physics.ins-det2025

Enhanced water Cherenkov detector for soil moisture detection

J. Betancourt, C. Sarmiento-Cano, I. Sidelnik +4

This work evaluates the ability of a water Cherenkov detector to measure thermal neutrons and explores its application to soil-moisture monitoring. We study a NaCl-doped detector a…

hep-ex2019

Contributions of the LAGO Collaboration to the 36th ICRC

A. Alberto, W. Alvarez, L. Ancari +90

The LAGO (Latin American Giant Observatory) observatory is an experiment that spans over Latin America in a wide range of latitudes that gives different rigidity cut offs for the e…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 2 cited

The Latin American Giant Observatory: Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)

The LAGO Collaboration, W. Alvarez, C. Alvarez +86

The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended cosmic ray observatory composed by a network of water-Cherenkov detectors spanning over different sites located at signif…