The PierreAugerObservatoryisahybriddetectorforultra-highenergycosmicrays.Itcombinesa surface arraytomeasuresecondaryparticlesatgroundleveltogetherwithafluorescencedetectorto measurethedevelopmentofairshowersintheatmosphereabovethearray.Thefluorescencedetector comprises24largetelescopesspecializedformeasuringthenitrogenfluorescencecausedbycharged particlesofcosmicrayairshowers.Inthispaperwedescribethecomponentsofthefluorescence detectorincludingitsopticalsystem,thedesignofthecamera,theelectronics,andthesystemsfor relativeandabsolutecalibration.Wealsodiscusstheoperationandthemonitoringofthedetector. Finally,weevaluatethedetectorperformanceandprecisionofshowerreconstructions
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Titolo: | The fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory RID D-4317-2011 RID D-9310-2011 RID C-2328-2011 RID C-2337-2011 RID H-1502-2011 RID F-3628-2010 RID G-5791-2011 |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2010 |
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Abstract: | The PierreAugerObservatoryisahybriddetectorforultra-highenergycosmicrays.Itcombinesa surface arraytomeasuresecondaryparticlesatgroundleveltogetherwithafluorescencedetectorto measurethedevelopmentofairshowersintheatmosphereabovethearray.Thefluorescencedetector comprises24largetelescopesspecializedformeasuringthenitrogenfluorescencecausedbycharged particlesofcosmicrayairshowers.Inthispaperwedescribethecomponentsofthefluorescence detectorincludingitsopticalsystem,thedesignofthecamera,theelectronics,andthesystemsfor relativeandabsolutecalibration.Wealsodiscusstheoperationandthemonitoringofthedetector. Finally,weevaluatethedetectorperformanceandprecisionofshowerreconstructions |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11697/19911 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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