Optical calibration of the Auger fluorescence telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4858, Issue , 2002, Pages 121-130

  Matthews, John A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Air fluorescence telescopes; Cosmic rays; Laser; Optical calibration; UV LED; Xenon flash lamp

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT SOURCES; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

AUGER FLUORESCENCE TELESCOPES; OPTICAL CALIBRATION; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0037767271     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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