RT Journal Article
T1 The relevance of fluorescence radiation in Cherenkov telescopes
A1 Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
A1 Rosado Vélez, Jaime
A1 Morcuende Parrilla, Daniel
A1 Contreras González, José Luis
AB Cherenkov telescopes are also sensitive to the atmospheric fluorescence produced by the extensive air showers. However this contribution is neglected by the reconstruction algorithms of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes IACTs and wide-angle Cherenkov detectors WACDs. In this paper we evaluate the fluorescence contamination in the Cherenkov signals from MC simulations in both kinds of Cherenkov telescopes and for some typical observational situations. Results for an observation level of 2200 m a.s.l. are shown. In addition, the feasibility and capabilities of IACTs working as fluorescence telescopes are discussed with the assistance of some geometrical calculations.
PB IOP Publishing Ltd
SN 1742-6588
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12396
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12396
LA eng
NO Extended European Cosmic Ray Symposium (26th. 2018. Altai State Univ, Russia). We gratefully acknowledge support from Spanish MINECO (contracts FPA2015-69210-C6-3-R and FPA2017-82729-C6-3-R) and the European Commission (E.U. Grant Agreement 653477). D. Morcuende acknowledges a predoctoral grant UCM-Harvard University (CT17/17-CT18/17) from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
NO Unión Europea. Horizonte 2020
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO UCM-Harvard University
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 abr 2025