Simulating a Measurement of the 2nd Knee in the Cosmic Ray Spectrum with an Atmospheric Fluorescence Telescope Tower Array

Autor: Jiali Liu, Qunyu Yang, Yunxiang Bai, Zhen Cao
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: The Scientific World Journal, Vol 2014 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2356-6140
1537-744X
DOI: 10.1155/2014/278968
Popis: A fluorescence telescope tower array has been designed to measure cosmic rays in the energy range of 1017–1018 eV. A full Monte Carlo simulation, including air shower production, light generation and propagation, detector response, electronics, and trigger system, has been developed for that purpose. Using such a simulation tool, the detector configuration, which includes one main tower array and two side-trigger arrays, 24 telescopes in total, has been optimized. The aperture and the event rate have been estimated. Furthermore, the performance of the Xmax⁡ technique in measuring composition has also been studied.
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