The Track Imaging Cerenkov Experiment
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2011-07-19 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
We describe a dedicated cosmic-ray telescope that explores a new method for detecting Cerenkov radiation from high-energy primary cosmic rays and the large particle air shower they induce upon entering the atmosphere. Using a camera comprising 16 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes for a total of 256 pixels, the Track Imaging Cerenkov Experiment (TrICE) resolves substructures in particle air showers with 0.086 degree resolution. Cerenkov radiation is imaged using a novel two-part optical system in which a Fresnel lens provides a wide-field optical trigger and a mirror system collects delayed light with four times the magnification. TrICE records well-resolved cosmic-ray air showers at rates ranging between 0.01-0.1 Hz.
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@article{arxiv.1107.3272,
title = {The Track Imaging Cerenkov Experiment},
author = {S. A. Wissel and K. Byrum and J. D. Cunningham and G. Drake and E. Hays and D. Horan and D. Kieda and E. Kovacs and S. Magill and L. Nodulman and S. P. Swordy and R. Wagner and S. P. Wakely},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3272},
year = {2011}
}
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18 pages, 10 figures