Air fluorescence relevant for cosmic-ray detection-Summary of the 5th fluorescence workshop, El Escorial 2007

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

Volumn 597, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-22

  Arqueros, Fernando ^a   Hörandel, Jörg R ^b   Keilhauer, Bianca ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air showers; Fluorescence yield

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

AIR FLUORESCENCES; AIR SHOWERS; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; ENERGY SCALES; FLUORESCENCE YIELD; INSUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGES; LIGHT YIELDS; PRESENT STATUSES; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 56049122157     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.08.056     Document Type: Article

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