An optimized method for the reconstruction of the direction of air showers for scintillator arrays

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 383, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 431-440

  Krawczynski, H ^a   Prahl, J ^a   Arqueros, F ^b   Bradbury, S ^c   Cortina, J ^b   Deckers, T ^d   Eckmann, R ^a   Feigl, E ^c   Fernandez, J ^b   Fonseca, V ^b   Funk, B ^e   Gebauer, J ^c   Gonzalez, J C ^b   Haustein, V ^a   Heinzelmann, G ^a   Holl, I ^c   Kirstein, O ^d   Kornmeyer, H ^c   Krennrich, F ^c   Lindner, A ^a   Lorenz, E ^c   Magnussen, N ^e   Martinez, S ^b   Merck, M ^c   Meyer, H ^e   Mirzoyan, R ^c   Moller H ^e   Moralejo, A ^b   Muller N ^d   Padilla, L ^b   Petry, D ^c   Plaga, R ^c   Prosch, C ^c   Rauterberg, G ^d   Rhode, W ^e   Samorski, M ^d   Sanchez, J A ^b   Schmele, D ^a   Sooth, R N ^b   Stamm, W ^d   Westerhoff, S ^e   Wiebel Sooth, B ^e   Willmer, M ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astronomical observations; Cosmic rays; Gamma rays; Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; GAMMA RAYS; OPTIMIZATION;

AIR SHOWER DIRECTIONS; ANGULAR RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; THRESHOLD ENERGY;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0030387198     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00864-9     Document Type: Article

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