Energy estimation of UHE cosmic rays using the atmospheric fluorescence technique

/ Authors

C. Song, Z. Cao, B. Dawson, B. Fick, P. Sokolsky, X. Z. U. O. Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia., Enrico Fermi Institute, U. Chicago

and 11 more authors

Chicago., Il, Usa, Nevis Laboratories, Columbia University, Irvington, Ny, High Energy Astrophysics Institute, U. Utah, Salt lake City, ‖ut

/ Abstract

Abstract We use the CORSIKA air shower simulation program to review the method for assigning energies to ultra-high energy cosmic rays viewed with the air fluorescence technique. This technique uses the atmosphere as a calorimeter, and we determine the corrections that must be made to the calorimetric energy to yield the primary cosmic-ray energy.

Journal: Astroparticle Physics

DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(00)00101-8