New measurement on photon yields from air and the application to the energy estimation of primary cosmic rays

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 235-248

  Nagano, M ^a   Kobayakawa, K ^a   Sakaki, N ^b   Ando, K ^a  

^a FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air fluorescence; Extensive air shower; Nitrogen fluorescence; Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

AIR; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FLUORESCENCE; KINETIC ENERGY; NITROGEN; PHOTONS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR FLUORESCENCE; ENERGY ESTIMATION; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWER; NITROGEN FLUORESCENCE; PHOTON YIELDS; ULTRAHIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS (UHECR); WAVE BANDS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 8544274524     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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