Effects of the energy error distribution of fluorescence telescopes on the UHECR energy spectrum

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-97

  Carvalho Jr , Washington ^a   Albuquerque, Ivone F M ^a   de Souza, Vitor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Energy reconstruction error; Energy spectrum; Fluorescence telescopes

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ENERGY RECONSTRUCTION ERRORS; ENERGY SPECTRUM; FLUORESCENCE TELESCOPES; GAUSSIAN ERROR DISTRIBUTION;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 34548405019     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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