Measurement of pressure dependent fluorescence yield of air: Calibration factor for UHECR detectors

J. W. Belz; G. W. Burt; Z. Cao; F. Y. Chang; C. C. Chen; C. W. Chen; P. Chen; C. Field; J. Findlay; P. Hüntemeyer; M. A. Huang; W. Y.P. Hwang; R. Iverson; B. F. Jones; C. C.H. Jui; M. Kirn; Guey-Lin Lin; E. C. Loh; M. M. Maestas; N. Manago; K. Martens; J. N. Matthews; J. S.T. Ng; A. Odian; K. Reil; J. D. Smith; R. Snow; P. Sokolsky; R. W. Springer; J. R. Thomas; S. B. Thomas; G. B. Thomson; D. Walz; A. Zech

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.12.008

Measurement of pressure dependent fluorescence yield of air: Calibration factor for UHECR detectors

J. W. Belz, G. W. Burt, Z. Cao, F. Y. Chang, C. C. Chen, C. W. Chen, P. Chen, C. Field, J. Findlay, P. Hüntemeyer^*, M. A. Huang, W. Y.P. Hwang, R. Iverson, B. F. Jones, C. C.H. Jui, M. Kirn, Guey-Lin Lin, E. C. Loh, M. M. Maestas, N. ManagoK. Martens, J. N. Matthews, J. S.T. Ng, A. Odian, K. Reil, J. D. Smith, R. Snow, P. Sokolsky, R. W. Springer, J. R. Thomas, S. B. Thomas, G. B. Thomson, D. Walz, A. Zech

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Abstract

In a test experiment at the Final Focus Test Beam of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the fluorescence yield of 28.5 GeV electrons in air and nitrogen was measured. The measured photon yields between 300 and 400 nm at 1 atm and 29 °C areY(760Torr)air=4.42±0.73andY(760Torr)N2=29. 2±4.8photons per electron per meter. Assuming that the fluorescence yield is proportional to the energy deposition of a charged particle traveling through air, good agreement with measurements at lower particle energies is observed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-139
Number of pages	11
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.12.008
State	Published - 1 Mar 2006

Keywords

Air fluorescence
Extensive air shower
Nitrogen fluorescence
Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays

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Belz, J. W., Burt, G. W., Cao, Z., Chang, F. Y., Chen, C. C., Chen, C. W., Chen, P., Field, C., Findlay, J., Hüntemeyer, P., Huang, M. A., Hwang, W. Y. P., Iverson, R., Jones, B. F., Jui, C. C. H., Kirn, M., Lin, G-L., Loh, E. C., Maestas, M. M., ... Zech, A. (2006). Measurement of pressure dependent fluorescence yield of air: Calibration factor for UHECR detectors. Astroparticle Physics, 25(2), 129-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.12.008

Belz, J. W. ; Burt, G. W. ; Cao, Z. ; Chang, F. Y. ; Chen, C. C. ; Chen, C. W. ; Chen, P. ; Field, C. ; Findlay, J. ; Hüntemeyer, P. ; Huang, M. A. ; Hwang, W. Y.P. ; Iverson, R. ; Jones, B. F. ; Jui, C. C.H. ; Kirn, M. ; Lin, Guey-Lin ; Loh, E. C. ; Maestas, M. M. ; Manago, N. ; Martens, K. ; Matthews, J. N. ; Ng, J. S.T. ; Odian, A. ; Reil, K. ; Smith, J. D. ; Snow, R. ; Sokolsky, P. ; Springer, R. W. ; Thomas, J. R. ; Thomas, S. B. ; Thomson, G. B. ; Walz, D. ; Zech, A. / Measurement of pressure dependent fluorescence yield of air : Calibration factor for UHECR detectors. In: Astroparticle Physics. 2006 ; Vol. 25, No. 2. pp. 129-139.

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In: Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 25, No. 2, 01.03.2006, p. 129-139.

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