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A new approach to simulate fluorescence photons produced in extensive air showers is described. A Monte Carlo program based on CORSIKA produces the fluorescence photons for each charged particle in the development of the shower. This method…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vitor de Souza , Henrique M. J. Barbosa , Carola Dobrigkeit

The HAWC (High Altitude Water Cerenkov) gamma ray observatory observes muons with nearly-horizontal trajectories corresponding to zenith angles greater than $80^{0}$. HAWC is located at an altitude of 4100 meters a.s.l. (70 deg. atmospheric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-20 Ahron S. Barber , David B. Kieda , R. Wayne Springer

Magnetic fields significantly influence the structure of galaxies' interstellar media, but our understanding of magnetic field strengths and structures in external galaxies is severely limited. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) offers a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-30 Hilay Shah , Mark Krumholz , Naomi McClure-Griffiths

At ground level, the azimuthal distribution of muons in inclined Extensive Air Showers (EAS) is asymmetric, mainly due to geometric effects. Several EAS observables sensitive to the primary particle mass, are constructed after mapping the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-06 Nicusor Arsene , Markus Roth , Octavian Sima

The atmospheric muon flux is generated with CORSIKA 6.030 (using QGSJET high-energy interaction model) and fitted with the formula from Gaisser (1990). Spectra and mass distribution of primaries were taken according to the poli-gonato model…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Dmitry Chirkin

The WILLI detector, built in IFIN-HH Bucharest, in collaboration with KIT Karlsruhe, is a rotatable modular detector for measuring charge ratio for cosmic muons with energy $<$ 1 GeV. It is under construction a mini-array for measuring the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-11 B. Mitrica , I. M. Brancus , M. Petcu , A. Saftoiu , G. Toma , M. Duma , H. Rebel , A. Haungs , O. Sima

Cosmic rays (CRs) are known to play a key role in many astrophysical environments: they can modify shock dynamics, influence the thermochemistry and the ionization of the interstellar medium, regulate galaxy mass content by driving galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 Nimatou-Seydi Diallo , Yohan Dubois , Alexandre Marcowith , Joki Rosdahl , Benoît Commerçon

We use radiances collected from space by the Infrared Atmospheric Sounder Interferometer (IASI) when looking down at ocean surfaces during the day to remotely determine the probability distribution of wave slopes. This is achieved by using…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 Charles-Antoine Guérin , Virginie Capelle , Jean-Michel Hartmann

We compare the predictions of the GUMICS$-$4 global magnetohydrodynamic model for the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere with Cluster~SC3 measurements for over one year, from January 29, 2002, to February 2, 2003.…

The details of Cerenkov light produced by a gamma ray or a cosmic ray incident at the top of the atmosphere is best studied through systematic simulations of the extensive air showers. Recently such studies have become all the more…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 V. R. Chitnis , P. N. Bhat

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II (EUSO-SPB2) measured extensive air showers (EASs) from upward-going High Energy Cosmic Rays by flying a Cherenkov Telescope (CT) at 33 km altitude. The telescope could be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-13 Duncan Fuehne , Tobias Heibges

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very high energies. The atmosphere is an integral part of every Cherenkov telescope. Different atmospheric conditions, such as clouds, can…

A new generation of neutrino observatories will search for PeV-EeV neutrinos interacting in the ice by detecting radio pulses. Extended air showers propagating into the ice will form an important background and could be a valuable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-09 Simon De Kockere , Dieder Van den Broeck , Uzair Abdul Latif , Krijn D. de Vries , Nick van Eijndhoven , Tim Huege , Stijn Buitink

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are the main drivers of the disturbances in interplanetary space. Understanding the CME interior magnetic structure is crucial for advancing space weather studies. Assessing the capabilities of a numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-11 Tinatin Baratashvili , Benjamin Grison , Brigitte Schmieder , Pascal Demoulin , Stefaan Poedts

A simulation study of the energy released in air due to the development of an extensive air shower has been carried out using the CORSIKA code. The contributions to the energy release from different particle species and energies as well as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus Risse , Dieter Heck

(Abridged) We present a series of decaying turbulence simulations that represent a cluster-forming clump within a molecular cloud, investigating the role of magnetic fields on the formation of potential star-forming cores. We present an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-07 David A. Tilley , Ralph E. Pudritz

The muons of cosmic rays air showers in the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) project are detected with three Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC) with good tracking capability. These muon telescopes are located in high schools spread all…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-06 Costantino Sigismondi

The transport of energetic particles such as Cosmic Rays is governed by the properties of the plasma being traversed. While these properties are rather poorly known for galactic and interstellar plasmas due to the lack of in situ…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-03 Tobias Wiengarten , Jens Kleimann , Horst Fichtner , Patrick Kühl , Andreas Kopp , Bernd Heber , Ralf Kissmann

Context. While synthesis of organic molecules in molecular clouds or protoplanetary disks is complex, observations of interstellar grains, analyses of carbonaceous chondrites, and UV photochemistry experiments are rapidly developing and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-22 Hitoshi Takehara , Daigo Shoji , Shigeru Ida

Simulations of dusty plasmas were performed using GRAPE-6, a special-purpose computer designed for gravitational N-body problems. The collective behaviour of dust particles, which are injected into the plasma, was studied by means of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Keisuke Yamamoto , Yasunori Mizuno , Hiroshi Inuzuka , Yonggao Cao , Yan Liu , Kenichi Yazawa