The prototype high-resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray detector

被引：100

作者：

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

机构：

[1] Univ Utah, Dept Phys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA

[2] Univ Utah, High Energy Astrophys Inst, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA

[3] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys & Math Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

[4] Columbia Univ, Nevis Labs, Irvington, NY 10533 USA

[5] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2000年 / 450卷 / 2-3期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

cosmic ray detectors; air fluorescence detection;

D O I：

10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00307-7

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

The High-Resolution Fly's Eye (I-IiRes) is an observatory for the highest energy cosmic rays. It detects the nitrogen fluorescence light induced by the passage of giant cosmic ray extensive air showers through the atmosphere. A two-site prototype of the observatory was operated from September 1994 to November 1996. In this paper we describe the components of that detector, and the procedures used to calibrate the detector and characterise the atmosphere. Data collected by the HiRes prototype are being used for physics studies, including an analysis of the cosmic ray mass composition in the energy range from 10(17) to 10(18) eV. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：253 / 269

页数：17

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