The prototype high-resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray detector

Authors
Abu-Zayyad, T Al-Seady, M Belov, K Bird, DJ Boyer, J Chen, G Clay, RW Dai, HY Dawson, BR Ho, Y Huang, MA Jui, CCH Kidd, MJ Kieda, DB Knapp, BC Lee, W Loh, EC Mannel, EJ Matthews, JN O'Halloran, TA Salman, A Simpson, KM Smith, JD Sokolsky, P Sommers, P Thomas, SB Wiencke, LR Wilkinson, CR Wild, NR
Citation
T. Abu-zayyad et al., The prototype high-resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray detector, NUCL INST A, 450(2-3), 2000, pp. 253-269
Citations number
28
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
450
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
253 - 269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000811)450:2-3<253:TPHFEC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The High-Resolution Fly's Eye (I-IiRes) is an observatory for the highest e nergy cosmic rays. It detects the nitrogen fluorescence light induced by th e passage of giant cosmic ray extensive air showers through the atmosphere. A two-site prototype of the observatory was operated from September 1994 t o November 1996. In this paper we describe the components of that detector, and the procedures used to calibrate the detector and characterise the atm osphere. Data collected by the HiRes prototype are being used for physics s tudies, including an analysis of the cosmic ray mass composition in the ene rgy range from 10(17) to 10(18) eV. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All righ ts reserved.