Tagging single muons and other long-flying relativistic charged particles by ultra-fast timing in air Cherenkov telescopes

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 342-348

  Mirzoyan, R ^a   Sobczynska, D ^b   Lorenz, E ^a   Teshima, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gamma ray astronomy; Imaging atmospheric air Cherenkov telescopes; Single muons; Trigger from muons

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CHARGED PARTICLES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELESCOPES;

GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY; IMAGING ATMOSPHERIC AIR CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; SINGLE MUONS; TRIGGER FROM MUONS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 33646803845     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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