An angle integrating air Cerenkov counter array for improved gamma/hadron separation in extended air showers
Abstract
An array of angle integrating air Cerenkov counters are proposed to be integrated into the HEGRA scintillation counter matrix on La Palma (Spain). The new array will be sensitive to extended air showers of energies in excess of 5 x 1013 eV and of zenith angles up to 35 degrees. Determination of the incident shower direction is performed by fast timing measurements with an angular resolution of 0.5 to 5 mrad. The Cerenkov counters will allow information on the shower energy and structure higher up in the atmosphere to be obtained.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991STIN...9218335B
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Models;
- Cerenkov Counters;
- Cerenkov Radiation;
- Cosmic Ray Showers;
- Direction Finding;
- Corpuscular Radiation;
- Gamma Ray Bursts;
- Gamma Rays;
- Scintillation Counters;
- Space Radiation