THE UTAH FLYS EYE DETECTOR

被引：263
作者：
BALTRUSAITIS, RM
CADY, R
CASSIDAY, GL
COOPER, R
ELBERT, JW
GERHARDY, PR
KO, S
LOH, EC
SALAMON, M
STECK, D
SOKOLSKY, P
机构：
[1] Univ of Utah, Dep of Physics, Salt, Lake City, UT, USA, Univ of Utah, Dep of Physics, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
来源：
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 1985年 / 240卷 / 02期
关键词：
ASTROPHYSICS - COSMIC RAYS - Detectors;
D O I：
10.1016/0168-9002(85)90658-8
中图分类号：
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号：
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要：
We report the details of the design, operation and performance of the University of Utah Fly's Eye detector which was built to record the passage of ultra-high energy cosmic rays through the atmosphere via atmospheric fluorescence. Emphasized in the presentation are (1) light production by charged particles in the atmosphere, (2) kinematics of an EAS as seen by the Fly's Eye, (3) signal to noise considerations and its impact on detector design, (4) details of detector hardware and software, (5) detector calibration, (6) techniques employed in measurement of shower longitudinal development profiles and primary energy, and (7) assessment of detector performance by a comparison of Monte Carlo and real data distributions.
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页码：410 / 428
页数：19
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