The study of air showers by the Fly's-Eye
Description
The Fly's-Eye is an optical-electronic system designed to detect scintillation and Cherenkov light from ultra-high-energy cosmic ray air showers. For about 9 months, 48 out of the total 67 mirrors of the system have been operated. Air showers with greater than 1017 eV are being detected and reconstructed by the University of Utah Cosmic Ray Group. The Fly's-Eye will allow the development of individual showers in the atmosphere to be studied and will be able to observe showers many kilometers away. Besides observing the spectrum and anisotropy of air showers from 1017 to 1020 eV cosmic ray nuclei, the system may also detect point sources of 1014 to 1016eV γ-rays. Preliminary data from a search for γ-rays from the vicinity of the Crab Pulsar are presented
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Editions Frontieres.
- Imprint Place
- Dreux, France
- ISBN
- 2-86332-009-2
- Imprint Title
- Cosmology and particles
- Imprint Pagination
- 344 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 69-84.
Conference
- Title
- 16. Rencontre de Moriond.
- Dates
- 15 - 21 Mar 1981.
- Place
- Les Arcs, France.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 13690729
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANISOTROPY; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; COSMIC SHOWERS; ENERGY SPECTRA; PEV RANGE; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; TEV RANGE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS; SPECTRA