Reconstruction of longitudinal profiles of ultra-high energy cosmic ray showers from fluorescence and Cherenkov light measurements

被引：66

作者：

Unger, M. ^{[1
]}

Dawson, B. R. ^{[2
]}

Engel, R. ^{[1
]}

Schuessler, F. ^{[1
]}

Ulrich, R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Inst Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

[2] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2008年 / 588卷 / 03期

关键词：

cosmic rays; extensive air showers; air shower reconstruction; air fluorescence; Cherenkov light;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2008.01.100

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We present a new method for the reconstruction of the longitudinal profile of extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. In contrast to the typically considered shower size profile, this method employs directly the ionization energy deposit of the shower particles in the atmosphere. Due to universality of the energy spectra of electrons and positrons, both fluorescence and Cherenkov light can be used simultaneously as signal to infer the shower profile from the detected light. The method is based on an analytic least-square solution for the estimation of the shower profile from the observed light signal. Furthermore, the extrapolation of the observed part of the profile with a Gaisser-Hillas function is discussed and the total statistical uncertainty of shower parameters like total energy and shower maximum is calculated. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：433 / 441

页数：9

共 37 条

[1] A study of the composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays using the high-resolution fly's eye [J].

Abbasi, RU ;

Abu-Zayyad, T ;

Archbold, G ;

Atkins, R ;

Bellido, J ;

Belov, K ;

Belz, JW ;

BenZvi, S ;

Bergman, DR ;

Boyer, J ;

Burt, GW ;

Cao, Z ;

Clay, R ;

Connolly, BM ;

Dawson, B ;

Deng, W ;

Fedorova, Y ;

Findlay, J ;

Finley, CB ;

Hanlon, WF ;

Hughes, GA ;

Huntemeyer, P ;

Jui, CCH ;

Kim, K ;

Kim, MA ;

Knapp, B ;

Loh, EC ;

Maetas, MM ;

Martens, K ;

Martin, G ;

Manago, N ;

Mannel, EJ ;

Matthews, JAJ ;

Matthews, JN ;

O'Neill, A ;

Perera, L ;

Reil, K ;

Riehle, R ;

Roberts, MD ;

Sasaki, M ;

Seman, M ;

Schnetzer, SR ;

Simpson, K ;

Smith, JD ;

Snow, R ;

Sokolsky, P ;

Song, C ;

Springer, RW ;

Stokes, BT ;

Thomas, JR .

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2005, 622 (02) :910-926

[2] Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory [J].

Abraham, J ;

Aglietta, M ;

Aguirre, IC ;

Albrow, M ;

Allard, D ;

Allekotte, I ;

Allison, P ;

Muñiz, JA ;

do Amaral, MG ;

Ambrosio, M ;

Anchordoqui, L ;

Andrews, R ;

Anguiano, M ;

dos Anjos, JC ;

Aramo, C ;

Argiro, S ;

Ariska, K ;

Arteaga, JC ;

Atulugama, S ;

Ave, M ;

Avila, G ;

Baggio, R ;

Bai, X ;

Barbosa, AF ;

Barbosa, HMJ ;

Barnhill, D ;

Barroso, SLC ;

Bauleo, P ;

Beatty, J ;

Beau, T ;

Becker, KH ;

Bellido, JA ;

Bello, P ;

Bergmann, T ;

Berman, E ;

Bertou, X ;

Biermann, P ;

Billoir, P ;

Biral, R ;

Bluemer, H ;

Bohacova, M ;

Bollmann, E ;

Bonifazi, C ;

Boratav, M ;

Boselli, A ;

Brack, J ;

Brunet, JM ;

Bui-Duc, H ;

Cabrera, V ;

Camin, DV .

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 2004, 523 (1-2) :50-95

[3] The prototype high-resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray detector [J].

Abu-Zayyad, T ;

Al-Seady, M ;

Belov, K ;

Bird, DJ ;

Boyer, J ;

Chen, G ;

Clay, RW ;

Dai, HY ;

Dawson, BR ;

Ho, Y ;

Huang, MA ;

Jui, CCH ;

Kidd, MJ ;

Kieda, DB ;

Knapp, BC ;

Lee, W ;

Loh, EC ;

Mannel, EJ ;

Matthews, JN ;

O'Halloran, TA ;

Salman, A ;

Simpson, KM ;

Smith, JD ;

Sokolsky, P ;

Sommers, P ;

Thomas, SB ;

Wiencke, LR ;

Wilkinson, CR ;

Wild, NR .

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 2000, 450 (2-3) :253-269

[4] Measurement of the cosmic-ray energy spectrum and composition from 1017 to 1018.3 eV using a hybrid technique [J].

Abu-Zayyad, T ;

Belov, K ;

Bird, DJ ;

Boyer, J ;

Cao, Z ;

Catanese, M ;

Chen, GF ;

Clay, RW ;

Covault, CE ;

Dai, HY ;

Dawson, BR ;

Elbert, JW ;

Fick, BE ;

Fortson, LF ;

Fowler, JW ;

Gibbs, KG ;

Glasmacher, MAK ;

Green, KD ;

Ho, Y ;

Huang, A ;

Jui, CC ;

Kidd, MJ ;

Kieda, DB ;

Knapp, BC ;

Ko, S ;

Larsen, CG ;

Lee, W ;

Loh, EC ;

Mannel, EJ ;

Matthews, J ;

Matthews, JN ;

Newport, BJ ;

Nitz, DF ;

Ong, RA ;

Simpson, KM ;

Smith, JD ;

Sinclair, D ;

Sokolsky, P ;

Sommers, P ;

Song, C ;

Tang, JKK ;

Thomas, SB ;

van der Velde, JC ;

Wiencke, LR ;

Wilkinson, CR ;

Yoshida, S ;

Zhang, XZ .

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2001, 557 (02) :686-699

[5] Energy determination of extensive air showers through the fluorescence technique -: art. no. 101303 [J].

Alvarez-Muñiz, J ;

Marqués, E ;

Vázquez, RA ;

Zas, E .

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2003, 67 (10)

[6] The offline software framework of the Pierre auger observatory [J].

Argiro, S. ;

Barroso, S. L. C. ;

Gonzalez, J. ;

Nellen, L. ;

Paul, T. ;

Porter, T. A. ;

Prado, L., Jr. ;

Roth, M. ;

Ulrich, R. ;

Veberic, D. .

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 2007, 580 (03) :1485-1496

[7] Measurement of the pressure dependence of emission induced by electrons [J].

Ave, M. ;

Bohacova, M. ;

Buonomo, B. ;

Busca, N. ;

Cazon, L. ;

Chemerisov, S. D. ;

Conde, M. E. ;

Crowell, R. A. ;

Di Carlo, P. ;

Di Giulio, C. ;

Doubrava, M. ;

Esposito, A. ;

Facal, P. ;

Franchini, F. J. ;

Hoerandel, J. ;

Hrabovsky, M. ;

Iarlori, M. ;

Kasprzyk, T. E. ;

Keilhauer, B. ;

Klages, H. ;

Kleifges, M. ;

Kuhlmann, S. ;

Mazzitelli, G. ;

Nozka, L. ;

Obermeier, A. ;

Palatka, M. ;

Petrera, S. ;

Privitera, P. ;

Ridky, J. ;

Rizi, V. ;

Rodriguez, G. ;

Salamida, F. ;

Schovanek, P. ;

Spinka, H. ;

Strazzeri, E. ;

Ulrich, A. ;

Yusof, Z. M. ;

Vacek, V. ;

Valente, P. ;

Verzi, V. ;

Waldenmaier, T. .

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 2007, 28 (01) :41-57

[8]

AVE M, 2007, P 30 ICRC

[9] THE UTAH FLYS EYE DETECTOR [J].

BALTRUSAITIS, RM ;

CADY, R ;

CASSIDAY, GL ;

COOPER, R ;

ELBERT, JW ;

GERHARDY, PR ;

KO, S ;

LOH, EC ;

SALAMON, M ;

STECK, D ;

SOKOLSKY, P .

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1985, 240 (02) :410-428

[10] Determination of the calorimetric energy in extensive air showers [J].

Barbosa, HMJ ;

Catalani, F ;

Chinellato, JA ;

Dobrigkeit, C .

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 2004, 22 (02) :159-166

← 1 2 3 4 →