CERENKOV LIGHT FROM AIR SHOWERS

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1958 · Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B

OSTI ID:4250332

Brennan, M H; Malos, J

Included in the Sidney experimental array is a Chererkov detector. This detector consists of a searchlight mirror 110 cm in diameter, with aperture f/ 0.5, which is mounted to look vertically into the night sky. At the focus of the mirror are placed seven photomultipliers, one on the optic axis and the other six surrounding this central one. The apparatus is triggered on incident air showers rather than on incident light pulses. During the time of observation, 226 showers were recorded which could be analyzed for shower size and for the position of the shower core. Of these 226 showers, 25 were accompanied by Cherenkov light pulses greater than the minimum acceptable size. For the 28 events no direct correlation between shower size and Cherenkov pulses was established. (A.C.)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Sydney
• NSA Number: NSA-13-008029
• OSTI ID: 4250332
• Journal Information: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B, Journal Name: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B Vol. Vol: (10) 8, Suppl. No. 2; ISSN NUCIA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

AIR
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
CHERENKOV RADIATION
COSMIC RADIATION
INSTRUMENTS
LIGHT
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS
PULSES
SCATTERING
SHOWERS