Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-04-05
AIP Conf. Proc. 1367 (2011) 34-39
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
13 pages, 6 figures. To appear in the Proocedings of the International Symposium on the Recent Progress of Ultra-high Energy C
Scientific paper
Experimental results of the absolute air-fluorescence yield are given very often in different units (photons/MeV or photons/m) and for different wavelength intervals. In this work we present a comparison of available results normalized to its value in photons/MeV for the 337 nm band at 1013 hPa and 293 K. The conversion of photons/m to photons/MeV requires an accurate determination of the energy deposited by the electrons in the field of view of the experimental set-up. We have calculated the energy deposition for each experiment by means of a detailed Monte Carlo simulation and the results have been compared with those assumed or calculated by the authors. As a result, corrections to the reported fluorescence yields are proposed. These corrections improve the compatibility between measurements in such a way that a reliable average value with uncertainty at the level of 5% is obtained.
Arqueros Fernando
Blanco Fernando
Rosado Jaime
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