Simulating a Measurement of the 2nd Knee in the Cosmic Ray Spectrum with an Atmospheric Fluorescence Telescope Tower Array

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Liu, Jiali [1 ]
Yang, Qunyu [2 ]
Bai, Yunxiang [3 ]
Cao, Zhen [3 ]
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[1] Kunming Univ, Dept Phys, Kunming 650214, Yunnan, Peoples R China
[2] Yunnan Univ, Dept Phys, Kunming 650214, Yunnan, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys, Astroparticle Phys Ctr, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
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SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL | 2014年
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10.1155/2014/278968
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
A fluorescence telescope tower array has been designed to measure cosmic rays in the energy range of 10(17)-10(18) eV. A full Monte Carlo simulation, including air shower production, light generation and propagation, detector response, electronics, and trigger system, has been developed for that purpose. Using such a simulation tool, the detector configuration, which includes one main tower array and two side-trigger arrays, 24 telescopes in total, has been optimized. The aperture and the event rate have been estimated. Furthermore, the performance of the X-max technique in measuring composition has also been studied.
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