AtmoHEAD 2013 workshop / Atmospheric Monitoring for High-Energy Astroparticle Detectors
Abstract
A 3-day international workshop on atmospheric monitoring and calibration for high-energy astroparticle detectors, with a view towards next-generation facilities. The atmosphere is an integral component of many high-energy astroparticle detectors. Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes and cosmic-ray extensive air shower detectors are the two instruments driving the rapidly evolving fields of very-high- and ultra-high-energy astrophysics. In these instruments, the atmosphere is used as a giant calorimeter where cosmic rays and gamma rays deposit their energy and initiate EASs; it is also the medium through which the resulting Cherenkov light propagates. Uncertainties in real-time atmospheric conditions and in the fixed atmospheric models typically dominate all other systematic errors. With the improved sensitivity of upgraded IACTs such as H.E.S.S.-II and MAGIC-II and future facilities like the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) and JEM-EUSO, statistical uncertainties are expected to be significantly reduced, leaving the atmosphere as the limiting factor in the determination of astroparticle spectra. Varying weather conditions necessitate the development of suitable atmospheric monitoring to be integrated in the overall instrument calibration, including Monte Carlo simulations. With expertise distributed across multiple collaborations and scientific domains, an interdisciplinary workshop is being convened to advance progress on this critical and timely topic.
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@article{arxiv.1403.4816,
title = {AtmoHEAD 2013 workshop / Atmospheric Monitoring for High-Energy Astroparticle Detectors},
author = {K. Bernlöhr and G. Bellassai and O. Blanch and M. Bourgeat and P. Bruno and M. Buscemi and C. Cassardo and P. M. Chadwick and R. Chalme-Calvet and F. Chouza and M. Cilmo and M. Coco and J. Colombi and M. Compin and M. K. Daniel and R. De Los Reyes and J. Ebr and R. D'Elia and C. Deil and A. Etchegoyen and M. Doro and S. Ferrarese and M. Fiorini and LL. Font and D. Garrido and H. Gast and M. Gaug and F. Gonzales and A. Grillo and F. Guarino and J. Hahn and M. Hrabovsky and K. Kosack and P. Krüger and G. La Rosa and G. Leto and Y. T. E. Lo and A. López-Oramas and K. Louedec and M. C. Maccarone and D. Mandat and V. Marandon and E. Martinetti and M. Martinez and M. de Naurois and A. Neronov and S. J. Nolan and L. Otero and M. Palatka and J. Pallotta and M. Pech and G. Puhlhofer and M. Prouza and E. Quel and D. Raul and P. Ristori and M. D. Rodriguez Frias and S. Rivoire and C. B. Rulten and P. Schovanek and A. Segreto and G. Sottile and L. Stringhetti and J. -P. Tavernet and A. S. Tonachini and S. Toscano and P. Travnicek and L. Valore and G. Vasileiadis and S. Vincent and S. Wada and L. Wiencke and M. Will},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.4816},
year = {2014}
}
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Proceedings of the Atmospheric Monitoring for High-Energy Astroparticle Detectors (AtmoHEAD) Conference, Saclay (France), June 10-12, 2013