Monte Carlo studies of geomagnetic field effects on the imaging air Cherenkov technique for the MAGIC telescope site

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

Volumn 595, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 572-586

  Commichau, S C ^a   Biland, A ^a   Contreras, J L ^b   de los Reyes, R ^b   Moralejo, A ^c   Sitarek, J ^d,e   Sobczynska D ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

ray; Extensive air showers; Geomagnetism; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; CERENKOV COUNTERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETISM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; TELESCOPES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHERENKOV; CHERENKOV LIGHT; EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGING AIR CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; LOW ENERGIES; MAGIC TELESCOPE; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 52349099845     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.144     Document Type: Article

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