| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 89, 2015
AtmoHEAD 2014: Atmospheric Monitoring for High Energy AstroParticle Detectors
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| Article Number | 02002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Overview on Experiments | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20158902002 | |
| Published online | 26 March 2015 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20158902002
Atmospheric monitoring in H.E.S.S.
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, PO Box 103980, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
a e-mail: Joachim.Hahn@mpi-hd.mpg.de
b e-mail: Raquel.de.los.Reyes@mpi-hd.mpg.de
Published online: 26 March 2015
Instruments applying the IACT method, such as H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System), observe VHE (very high energy, E > 100 GeV) photons indirectly, using the Earth's atmosphere as a calorimeter. In the H.E.S.S. data reconstruction, the properties of this component are estimated by Monte Carlo simulations of a yearly averaged atmosphere density profile. Deviations of the real atmospheric conditions from this assumed atmospheric model will result in a biased reconstruction of the primary gamma-ray energy and thus the resulting source spectrum. In order to keep the corresponding systematic effects to a minimum, H.E.S.S. operates a set of atmospheric monitoring devices that allows it to characterise the atmospheric conditions during data taking. This information in turn is then used in data selection. Here, a short overview with respect to their usage during source observation and a posteriori analysis data selection will be presented.
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