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Stereoscopic imaging of air showers with the first two HEGRA Cherenkov telescopes
- Source :
- Astroparticle Physics. 5:119-131
- Publication Year :
- 1996
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1996.
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Abstract
- With systems of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, providing stereo images of air showers, the shower parameters, such as the direction, core location, and height of shower maximum can be determined event by event. Techniques for the reconstruction of air showers are introduced, and are demonstrated using data from the first two HEGRA Cherenkov telescopes. Applied to observations of the Crab nebula, a clear signal is observed; the angular distribution of the excess events is consistent with Monte Carlo simulations of the expected resolution.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Stereoscopic imaging
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Cherenkov detector
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Monte Carlo method
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
HEGRA
Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
law.invention
Shower
Crab Nebula
law
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Event (particle physics)
Cherenkov radiation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09276505
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Astroparticle Physics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0b316e56efe168aff4af243772d5aca0