The Lidar system of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 574, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-184

  BenZvi, S Y ^k   Cester, R ⁱ   Chiosso, M ⁱ   Connolly, B M ^k   Filipcic A ^j   Garcia B ^c   Grillo, A ^f   Guarino, F ^g   Horvat, M ^j   Iarlori, M ^e   Macolino, C ^e   Matthews, J A J ^m   Melo, D ^b   Mussa, R ⁱ   Mostafa M ⁿ   Pallota, J ^d   Petrera, S ^e   Prouza, M ^k   Rizi, V ^e   Roberts, M ^l   Rodriguez Rojo, J R ^c,h   Salamida, F ^e   Santander, M ^a   Sequeiros, G ⁱ   Tonachini, A ⁱ   Valore, L ^g   Veberic D ^j   Westerhoff, S ^k   Zavrtanik, D ^j   Zavrtanik, M ^j   more..

^a OBSERVATORIO PIERRE AUGER   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO TANDAR   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^f LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^k Department of Physics and Astronomy ^*  (United States)

^l PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Air fluorescence detectors; Atmospheric monitoring; Lidar; Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BACKSCATTERING; CALORIMETRY; COSMIC RAYS; ELASTIC WAVES;

AIR FLUORESCENCE DETECTORS; ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE STATIONS; ULTRAHIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 34047191023     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.094     Document Type: Article

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