Temperature and humidity dependence of air fluorescence yield measured by AIRFLY

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

Volumn 597, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-54

  Ave, M ^a   Bohacova, M ^b   Buonomo, B ^c   Busca, N ^a   Cazon, L ^a   Chemerisov, S D ^d   Conde, M E ^d   Crowell, R A ^d   Di Carlo, P ^e   Di Giulio, C ^f   Doubrava, M ^g   Esposito, A ^c   Facal, P ^h   Franchini, F J ^d   Horandel J ⁱ   Hrabovsky, M ^b   Iarlori, M ^e   Kasprzyk, T E ^d   Keilhauer, B ⁱ   Klages, H ^j   Kleifges, M ^j   Kuhlmann, S ^d   Mazzitelli, G ^c   Nozka, L ^b   Obermeier, A ⁱ   Palatka, M ^b   Petrera, S ^e   Privitera, P ^f   Ridky, J ^b   Rizi, V ^e   Rodriguez, G ^f   Salamida, F ^e   Schovanek, P ^b   Spinka, H ^d   Strazzeri, E ^f   Ulrich, A ^k   Yusof, Z M ^d   Vacek, V ^g   Valente, P ^l   Verzi, V ^f   Waldenmaier, T ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^j KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Air fluorescence detection; Nitrogen collisional quenching; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IONIZING RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; POLYMORPHISM; QUENCHING;

AIR FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; AIR FLUORESCENCES; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; COSMIC RAY SHOWERS; FLUORESCENCE DETECTIONS; FLUORESCENCE YIELDS; LIGHT SPECTRUMS; MEV ELECTRONS; NITROGEN MOLECULES; QUENCHING PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; ULTRA HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; ULTRA HIGHS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 56049095736     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.08.050     Document Type: Article

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