The NBU extensive air shower telescope for observation of UHE point sources

被引:10
作者
Bhadra, A [1 ]
Sarkar, SK [1 ]
Chakrabarti, C [1 ]
Ghosh, B [1 ]
Chaudhuri, N [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Bengal, High Energy & Cosm Ray Res Ctr, Raja Rammohanpur 734430, W Bengal, India
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10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00625-1
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A multidetector array to operate as UHE primary cosmic particle telescope at sea level is described. The directional characteristics of the telescope including the study of shower front curvature and time fluctuation of shower front particles for observation of the potential UHE discrete point sources of the northern hemisphere are presented together with an estimation of errors in the measurements. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:233 / 238
页数:6
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