Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1999
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Proceedings of the 26th International Cosmic Ray Conference. August 17-25, 1999. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Under the auspices o
Physics
Scientific paper
The OWL/AirWatch collaboration is currently studying and developing missions to image, from low Earth orbit, the air fluorescence signal from giant airshowers induced by the ultra-high energy (E few x1019 eV) component of the cosmic radiation. Several Monte Carlo simulations have been developed by various members of the collaboration in order to understand the response of a baseline instrument. We report on the status of a detailed Monte Carlo simulation which has been constructed at GSFC to be used as a tool in instrument definition and to understand the sensitivity to the underlying interaction physics of the possible components of the cosmic radiation. A description of the modeling employed by the simulation is discussed and a preliminary aperture to the acceptance on ultra-high energy proton induced air showers is presented. More complete results including the ability of OWL/AirWatch to detect ultra-high energy neutrino interactions are planned to be completed by the time of the conference.
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