Statistical current monitor for the cosmic ray experiment Pierre Auger

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1204-1207

  Kleifges, M ^a   Menshikov, A ^a   Tcherniakhovski, D ^a   Gemmeke, H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Flucual analysis; Fluorescence; Fluorescence detector; FPGA logic; Photomultiplier; Sky noise; Statistical fluctuation

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CURRENT MONITORS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0042279210     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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