Use of star tracks to determine photocathode anisotropy of PMTs and absolute pointing of the Pierre Auger fluorescence detector telescopes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 3034-3037

  Camin, Daniel V ^a   Grassi, Valerio ^a   Sanchez, Federico ^a   Scherini, Viviana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmosferic fluorescence detector; Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO); Star tracking; UHECR

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; PHOTOCATHODES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELESCOPES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC FLUORESCENCE DETECTORS; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; STAR TRACKING; UHECR;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 11044227384     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.839074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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