| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 53, 2013
UHECR 2012 - International Symposium on Future Directions in UHECR Physics
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| Article Number | 10002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Calibrations and Atmosphere | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135310002 | |
| Published online | 25 June 2013 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135310002
The effect of the fluorescence yield selection on the energy scales of Auger, HiRes and TA
Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040, Spain
The fluorescence yield data used for shower reconstruction in the Auger, HiRes and TA experiments are different, not only in the overall absolute value but also in the wavelength spectrum and the various atmospheric dependencies. The effect on the energy reconstruction of using different fluorescence yield parameterizations is discussed. In addition, the impact of a change in the fluorescence spectrum depends on the optical efficiency of the telescopes. A simple analytical procedure allows us to evaluate the combined effect of fluorescence yield and optical efficiency showing a non-negligible deviation between the energy scales of TA and Auger. However no relevant effect is found in the comparison between HiRes and Auger. Finally we show that a similar procedure could also be applied with real data.
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