A new air-Cherenkov array at the South Pole

Authors
Dickinson, JE Gill, JR Hart, SP Hill, GC Hinton, JA Lloyd-Evans, J Potter, D Pryke, C Rochester, K Schwarz, R Watson, AA
Citation
Je. Dickinson et al., A new air-Cherenkov array at the South Pole, NUCL INST A, 440(1), 2000, pp. 114-123
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
440
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
114 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000121)440:1<114:ANAAAT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
VULCAN comprises a 9 element array of air-Cherenkov radiation detectors est ablished at the South Pole. VULCAN operates in coincidence with the air-sho wer array SPASE-2 and the two Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Arrays, AMANDA A and B, supplementing the data gathered by these instruments with a measurement of the lateral distribution of air-Cherenkov light from extens ive air-showers. An overview of the aims and methods of the whole coinciden ce experiment (SPASE-2, VULCAN and AMANDA) can be found in an accompanying paper (Dickinson et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A (1999), to he published). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.