The central laser facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Fick, B ^a   Malek, M ^b   Matthews, J A J ^c   Matthews, J ^d,e   Meyhandan, R ^d   Mostafa M ^f   Roberts, M ^g   Sommers, P ^g   Wiencke, L ^f  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle beams); Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS; CALIBRATION METHOD; CENTRAL LASER FACILITIES; COSMIC RAY AIR SHOWERS; FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; SURFACE DETECTORS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 33751545987     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/1/11/p11003     Document Type: Article

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