Detection of high-energy cosmic ray showers by atmospheric fluorescence.
A novel detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays, and its prototype are discussed. It detects events with primary energy greater than 100 PeV. (1 PeV = 1000 TeV; 1EeV = 1000 PeV.) The detector operates by sensing the near-ultraviolet scintillation light of ionized nitrogen molecules created by the...
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The University of Arizona.
1989
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184779 |