First detection of air shower Cherenkov light by Geigermode-Avalanche Photodiodes

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

Volumn 595, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-168

  Biland, A ^a   Britvich, I ^c   Lorenz, E ^a,b   Otte, N ^b   Pauss, F ^a   Renker, D ^c   Ritt, S ^c   Roesner, U ^c   Scheebeli, M ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cherenkov light; G APD; VHE gamma astronomy

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZING RADIATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SENSORS; SNOW;

AIR SHOWERS; CHERENKOV LIGHT; G-APD; LIGHT SENSORS; VHE GAMMA-ASTRONOMY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 51649121648     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.097     Document Type: Article

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