Energy estimation of UHE cosmic rays using the atmospheric ̄uorescence technique
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We use the CORSIKA air shower simulation program to review the method for assigning energies to ultra-high energy cosmic rays viewed with the air ̄uorescence technique. This technique uses the atmosphere as a calorimeter, and we determine the corrections that must be made to the calorimetric energy to yield the primary cosmic-ray energy. Ó 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 96.40.Pq; 13.85.Tp
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تاریخ انتشار 2000