The importance of atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Autor: Dawson Bruce R.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 144, p 01001 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714401001
Popis: The Pierre Auger Observatory is an ultra-high energy cosmic ray experiment employing a giant surface array of particle detectors together with telescopes to image fluorescence light from extensive air showers in the atmosphere. The atmosphere is the medium in which the incoming cosmic rays deposit their energy, and as a result we must monitor the characteristics of the atmosphere, including its density profile and light transmission properties, over the Observatory area of 3000 square kilometres.
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