Cherenkov light from cosmic-ray muons is a significant source of background for the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique. However, muon events are also valuable as a diagnostic tool because they produce distinctive ring images, and the expected amount of Cherenkov light per unit arclength can be accurately calculated. We report on a comparison of real and simulated muon events in VERITAS Telescope 1, using this comparison to validate the detector model and to determine the light collection efficiency of the telescope.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0507449,
title = {Calibration of VERITAS Telescope 1 via Muons},
author = {T. B. Humensky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0507449},
year = {2019}
}
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4 pages. To appear in the Proceedings of the 29th ICRC, Pune