Title of article
Energy dependence of air fluorescence yield measured by AIRFLY
Author/Authors
Ave، نويسنده , , M. and Bohacova، نويسنده , , M. and Buonomo، نويسنده , , B. and Busca، نويسنده , , N. and Cazon، نويسنده , , L. and Chemerisov، نويسنده , , S.D. and Conde، نويسنده , , M.E. and Crowell، نويسنده , , R.A. and Di Carlo، نويسنده , , P. and Di Giulio، نويسنده , , C. and Doubrava، نويسنده , , M. and Esposito، نويسنده , , A. and Facal San Luis، نويسنده , , P. and Franchini، نويسنده , , F.J. and Gebhardt، نويسنده , , J. and Graber، نويسنده ,
Pages
4
From page
46
To page
49
Abstract
In the fluorescence detection of ultra high energy ( ≳ 10 18 eV ) cosmic rays, the number of emitted fluorescence photons is assumed to be proportional to the energy deposited in air by shower particles. We have performed measurements of the fluorescence yield in atmospheric gases excited by electrons over energies ranging from keV to hundreds of MeV in several accelerators. We found that within the measured energy ranges the proportionality holds at the level of few %.
Keywords
Air fluorescence detection , Ultra high energy cosmic rays , Energy deposit
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2033055
Link To Document