https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12106-5
Regular Article – Experimental Physics
The gamma/hadron discriminator LCm in realistic air shower array experiments
1
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Lisbon, Portugal
2
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Received:
24
April
2023
Accepted:
6
October
2023
Published online:
15
October
2023
In this article, it is shown that the 
and LCm variables, recently introduced as an effective way to discriminate gamma and proton-induced showers in large wide-field gamma-ray observatories, can be generalised to be used in arrays of different detectors and variable fill factors. In particular, the profile discrimination capabilities are evaluated for scintillator and water Cherenkov detector arrays.
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