Extensive air showers and diffused Cherenkov light detection: The ULTRA experiment
- Resource Type
- Authors
- O. Saavedra; P. Brogueira; L. Fava; J. Chauvin; S. Giarrusso; Federico Russo; M.C. Espirito-Santo; G. Agnetta; Osvaldo Catalano; J. C. Silva; P. Stassi; C. Vigorito; M. C. Maccarone; M. Pimenta; P. Galeotti; L. Melo; A. Segreto; G. Gugliotta; G. D'Alí Staiti; B. Tome; S. Moreggia; Piero Vallania; D. Lebrun; Pedro Assis; A. Cappa; M. Dattoli; Benedetto Biondo; A. Mangano; G. La Rosa
- Source
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Elsevier, 2007, 570, pp.22-35. ⟨10.1016/j.nima.2006.09.102⟩
- Subject
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Cherenkov detector
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Cosmic ray
01 natural sciences
Signal
Particle detector
law.invention
[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]
Cosmic ray detectors
Optics
ultra high energy cosmic rays, cerenkov radiation, international space station
law
0103 physical sciences
Extensive air showers
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
Cosmic rays
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Instrumentation
Cherenkov radiation
Physics
[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
010308 nuclear & particles physics
business.industry
Detector
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
96.40.Pq
98.70.Sa
95.55.Vj
29.40.Ka
Astronomy
Air shower
13. Climate action
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Neutrino
business
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- ISSN
- 0168-9002
The Uv Light Transmission and Reflection in the Atmosphere (ULTRA) experiment has been designed to provide quantitative measurements of the backscattered Cherenkov signal associated to the Extensive Air Showers (EAS) at the impact point on the Earth surface. The knowledge of such information will test the possibility to detect the diffused Cherenkov light spot from space within the Ultra high-energy cosmic ray observation. The Cherenkov signal is necessary to give an absolute reference for the track, allowing the measurement of the shower maximum and easing the separation between neutrino and hadronic showers. In this paper we discuss the experimental set-up with detailed information on the detection method; the in situ and laboratory calibrations; the simulation of the expected detector response and finally the preliminary results on the detector performance.