Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-01-31
Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A450 (2000) 419-429
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 4 figures, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research (Section A), in press
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00272-2
Ground-based atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are proven to be effective instruments for observations of very high energy (VHE) gamma-radiation from celestial objects. For effective use of such technique one needs detailed Monte Carlo simulations of gamma-ray- and proton/nuclei-induced air showers in Earth atmosphere. Here we discuss in detail the algorithms used in the numerical code ALTAI developed particularly for the simulations of Cherenkov light emission from air showers of energy below 50 TeV. The specific scheme of sampling the charged particle transport in the atmosphere allows the performance of very fast and accurate simulations used for interpretation of the VHE gamma-ray observations.
Konopelko Alex
Plyasheshnikov A.
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