Techniques of the FLASH Thin Target Experiment
Conference
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· Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A597:32-36,2008
The fluorescence yield in air is reported for wavelength and pressure ranges of interest to ultra-high energy cosmic ray detectors. A 28.5 GeV electron beam was used to excite the fluorescence. Central to the approach was the system calibration, using Rayleigh scattering of a nitrogen laser beam. In atmospheric pressure dry air, at 304 K the yield is 20.8 {+-} 1.6 photons per MeV.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 918964
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-12928; TRN: US0806270
- Journal Information:
- Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A597:32-36,2008, Vol. 597, Issue 1; Conference: Prepared for 5th Fluorescence Workshop, Madrid, Spain, 16-20 Sep 2007; ISSN 0168-9002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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