Comparison of air fluorescence and ionization measurements of em shower depth profiles: Test of a UHECR detector technique

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Belz, J ^a   Cao, Z ^a   Huentemeyer, P ^a   Jui, C C H ^a   Martens, K ^a   Matthews, J ^a   Maestas, M ^a   Smith, J ^a   Sokolsky, P ^a   Springer, R W ^a   Thomas, J ^a   Thomas, S ^a   Chen, P ^b   Field, C ^b   Hast, C ^b   Iverson, R ^b   Ng, J S T ^b   Odian, A ^b   Reil, K ^b   Vincke, H ^b   Walz, D ^b   Goldammer, A ^c   Guest, D ^c   Thomson, G ^d   Chang, F Y ^e   Chen, C C ^e   Chen, C W ^e   Huang, M A ^e   Hwang, W Y P ^e   Lin, G L ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CosPA ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air fluorescence; Electromagnetic shower; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

AIR; COSMIC RAYS; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION;

AIR FLUORESCENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHOWER; UHECR DETECTOR TECHNIQUE; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 31144437058     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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