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The most important goal of studying an extensive air shower is to find the energy, mass and arrival direction of its primary cosmic ray. In order to find these parameters, the core position and arrival direction of the shower should be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-04 H. Hedayati Kh. , A. Anvari , M. Bahmanabadi , J. Samimi , M. Khakian Ghomi

We analyze temporal characteristics of signals from the wide field-of-view (WFOV) Cherenkov telescope (CT) detecting extensive air showers (EAS) of cosmic rays (CR) in coincidence with surface detectors of the Yakutsk array. Our aim is to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-24 A. A. Ivanov , L. V. Timofeev

Previous works have shown that water Cherenkov detectors have superior sensitivity to those of scintillation counters as applied to detecting extensive air showers (EAS). This is in large part due to their much higher sensitivity to EAS…

The study of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays represents one of the most challenging topic in the Cosmic Rays and in the Astroparticle Physics fields. The interaction of primary particles with atmospheric nuclei produces a huge Extensive Air…

At ultra-high energies, the flux of cosmic rays is too low for direct measurements to be meaningful. When a cosmic ray enters the atmosphere, it initiates an extensive air shower, producing a cascade of secondary particles that propagate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-25 Fiona Ellwanger , Darko Veberič

We investigate the development of electromagnetic cascades in ice using a GEANT Monte Carlo simulation. We examine the Cherenkov pulse that is generated by the charge excess that develops and propagates with the shower. This study is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Soebur Razzaque , Surujhdeo Seunarine , David Z. Besson , Douglas W. McKay

The Cherenkov radio pulse emitted by hadronic showers in ice is calculated for showers of energies in the EeV range. This is obtained with three dimensional simulations of both shower development and the coherent radio pulse emitted as the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-04-17 Jaime Alvarez-Muniz , Washington R. Carvalho , Matias Tueros , Enrique Zas

We present results of an improved analysis of the experimental data of the EAS Cherenkov array Tunka-25. A new function to fit the Cherenkov light lateral distribution LDF at core distances from 0 to 350 m has been developed on the base of…

With the motivation to improve experimental gains and precision, established astroparticle experiments are currently undergoing massive upgrades. In addition, several new experiments are being built or planned. With the resulting gain in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-08 Dominik Baack

Monte Carlo simulations show that the pulse profile of Cherenkov photons measured near the core of an extensive air shower is sensitive to the secondary muon/electron ratio of the cascade. Cherenkov pulses can easily be measured with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-04 M. D. Roberts

Context. The presence of clouds during observations with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes can strongly affect the performance of the instrument due to additional absorption of light and scattering of light beyond the field of view…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-22 Natalia Żywucka , Julian Sitarek , Dorota Sobczyńska , Mario Pecimotika , Dario Hrupec , Dijana Dominis Prester , Lovro Pavletić , Saša Mićanović

An ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) colliding with the Earth's atmosphere gives rise to an Extensive Air Shower (EAS). Due to different charge separation mechanisms within the thin shower front coherent electromagnetic radiation will be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-01 Krijn D. de Vries , Olaf Scholten , Klaus Werner

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation facility of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It will reach unprecedented sensitivity and energy resolution in very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. CTA will detect…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Doro , M. Daniel , R. de los Reyes , M. Gaug , M. C. Maccarone

We present a method to reconstruct the longitudinal profile of electrons in showers using Cherenkov telescopes. We show how the Cherenkov light collected by an array of telescopes can be transformed into the number of electrons as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-12 Andrés G. Delgado Giler , Vitor de Souza

In this research, the simulation of lateral distribution function (LDF) of Cherenkov radiation was performed using CORSIKA software for two hadronic models QGSJET and GHEISHA. This simulation was performed for several elementary particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-04 Falah Al-Zubaidi , A. A. Al-Rubaiee , B. Hariharan

Telescopes, designed with semi-conductor based photo sensors, have the potential to detect Cherenkov or fluorescence light emitted by cosmic-rays in the atmosphere. Such telescopes promise a high duty cycle and efficiency in remote harsh…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-06 Jan Auffenberg , Thomas Bretz , Lukas Middendorf , Tim Niggemann , Leif Rädel , Merlin Schaufel , Sebastian Schoenen , Johannes Schumacher , Christopher Wiebusch

Using a large set of simulated extensive air showers, we investigate universality features of electron and positron distributions in very-high-energy cosmic-ray air showers. Most particle distributions depend only on the depth of the shower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-18 S. Lafebre , R. Engel , H. Falcke , J. Hörandel , T. Huege , J. Kuijpers , R. Ulrich

The detection of extensive air showers (EAS) through their radio signal is becoming one of the most promising techniques for the study of Neutrinos and Cosmic rays at the highest energies. For the design, optimization and characterization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-24 Matias Tueros , Anne Zilles

We present a detailed modeling and computation methodology to determine the optical Cherenkov signals produced by upward-moving extensive air showers (EASs) induced by $\tau$-leptons and muons, sourced from the interaction of high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-03 A. L. Cummings , R. Aloisio , J. F. Krizmanic

We present a sophisticated likelihood reconstruction algorithm for shower-image analysis of imaging Cherenkov telescopes. The reconstruction algorithm is based on the comparison of the camera pixel amplitudes with the predictions from a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Vincent