The optical layout of the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Miroslav Palatka; Petr Schovanek; Miroslav Hrabovsky; Martin Vlcek; Jan Ridky; Jiri Grygar; Ladislav Soukup; M. Prouza; Martina Bohacova

doi:10.1117/12.545135

21 November 2003 The optical layout of the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Miroslav Palatka, Petr Schovanek, Miroslav Hrabovsky, Martin Vlcek, Jan Ridky, Jiri Grygar, Ladislav Soukup, M. Prouza, Martina Bohacova

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Proceedings Volume 5259, 13th Polish-Czech-Slovak Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.545135
Event: 13th Polish-Czech-Slovak Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of contemporary Optics, 2002, Krzyzowa, Poland

Abstract

We describe an unusual optical layout of the fluorescence detector telescope what is a part of the Pierre Auger observatory. The fluorescence detector is a very fast telescope with the relative aperture f_no ~ 0.77 and the large field of view 30 × 30 degrees. The primary objective for the Auger fluorescence telescope is to measure accurately the longitudinal development profiles of air showers of the cosmic rays above 10 EeV energy.

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Miroslav Palatka, Petr Schovanek, Miroslav Hrabovsky, Martin Vlcek, Jan Ridky, Jiri Grygar, Ladislav Soukup, M. Prouza, and Martina Bohacova "The optical layout of the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory", Proc. SPIE 5259, 13th Polish-Czech-Slovak Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, (21 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.545135

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