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On the absolute value of the air-fluorescence yield

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dc.contributor.authorRosado Vélez, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorBlanco Ramos, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorArqueros Martínez, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-19T14:55:32Z
dc.date.available2023-06-19T14:55:32Z
dc.date.issued2014-03
dc.description© Elsevier Science BV 2014. This work was supported by MINECO (FPA2009-07772, FPA2012-39489-C04-02) and CONSOLIDER CPAN CSD2007-42. We thank our colleagues of the Auger Collaboration for fruitful discussions and comments on this work.
dc.description.abstractThe absolute value of the air-fluorescence yield is a key parameter for the energy reconstruction of extensive air showers registered by fluorescence telescopes. In previous publications, we reported a detailed Monte Carlo simulation of the air-fluorescence generation that allowed the theoretical evaluation of this parameter. This simulation has been upgraded in the present work. As a result, we determined an updated absolute value of the fluorescence yield of 7.9 +/- 2.0 ph/MeV for the band at 337 nm in dry air at 800 hPa and 293 K, in agreement with experimental values. We have also performed a critical analysis of available absolute measurements of the fluorescence yield with the assistance of our simulation. Corrections have been applied to some measurements to account for a bias in the evaluation of the energy deposition. Possible effects of other experimental aspects have also been discussed. From this analysis, we determined an average fluorescence yield of 7.04 +/- 0.24 ph/MeV at the above conditions. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Físicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
dc.description.sponsorshipCONSOLIDER CPAN
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/32467
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.02.003
dc.identifier.issn0927-6505
dc.identifier.officialurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.02.003
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1401.4310
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34804
dc.journal.titleAstroparticle physics
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final62
dc.page.initial51
dc.publisherElsevier Science BV
dc.relation.projectIDFPA2009-07772
dc.relation.projectIDFPA2012-39489-004-02
dc.relation.projectIDCSD2007-42
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subject.cdu539.1
dc.subject.keywordElectron-impact
dc.subject.keywordCross-sections
dc.subject.keywordSecondary electrons
dc.subject.keywordCosmic-rays
dc.subject.keywordNitrogen
dc.subject.keywordPressure
dc.subject.keywordDetector
dc.subject.keywordState
dc.subject.keywordBeam
dc.subject.keywordNM
dc.subject.ucmFísica nuclear
dc.subject.unesco2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
dc.titleOn the absolute value of the air-fluorescence yield
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number55
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