A Monte Carlo method to generate fluorescence light in extensive air showers

Details A Monte Carlo method to generate fluorescence light in extensive air showers A Monte Carlo method to generate fluorescence light in extensive air showers

Nov 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aph....22..263d&link_type=abstract

Astroparticle Physics, Volume 22, Issue 3-4, p. 263-273.

Physics

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96.40.Pq

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A new approach to simulate fluorescence photons produced in extensive air showers is described. A Monte Carlo program based on CORSIKA produces the fluorescence photons for each charged particle in the development of the shower. This method results in a full three-dimensional simulation of the particles in a shower and of the fluorescence light generated in the atmosphere. The photons produced by this program are tracked down to a telescope and the simulation of a particular detector is applied. The differences between this method and one-dimensional approaches are quantitatively determined as a function of the distance between the telescope and the shower core. As a particular application, the maximum distance at which the Auger fluorescence telescope might be able to measure the lateral distribution of a shower is determined as a function of energy.

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