Energy Estimation of UHE Cosmic Rays using the Atmospheric Fluorescence Technique

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22 December 1999

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9910195

Abstract

We use the CORSIKA air shower simulation program to review the method for assigning energies to ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmic rays viewed with the air fluorescence technique. This technique uses the atmosphere as a calorimeter, and we determine the corrections that must be made to the calorimetric energy to yield the primary cosmic ray energy.

Keywords

FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE
COSMIC RAYS
UHE COSMIC
RAYS USING
ATMOSPHERE
SHOWER
YIELD

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