Measurement of the aerosol phase function at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-320

  BenZvi, S Y ^a   Connolly, B M ^a   Matthews, J A J ^b   Prouza, M ^a   Visbal, E F ^a,c   Westerhoff, S ^a  

^a Nevis Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol phase function; Air fluorescence detectors; Atmospheric monitoring; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COSMIC RAYS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTODETECTORS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AEROSOL PHASE FUNCTIONS; FLUORESCENCE DETECTORS; NITROGEN MOLECULES; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 35148862175     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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