Energy Estimation of UHE Cosmic Rays using the Atmospheric Fluorescence Technique
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v3
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.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9910195,
title = {Energy Estimation of UHE Cosmic Rays using the Atmospheric Fluorescence Technique},
author = {C. Song and Z. Cao and B. R. Dawson and B. E. Fick and P. Sokolsky and X. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9910195},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
16 pages, 4 figures, 1999 ICRC OG_4.5.09, accepted by Astroparticle Physics