| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 208, 2019
ISVHECRI 2018 - XX International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions
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| Article Number | 08011 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Cosmic Ray Experiments (Extensive Air Showers) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920808011 | |
| Published online | 10 May 2019 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920808011
Simulation of the fluorescence signal detected by a space telescope for extreme energy cosmic ray observations
1
Laboratoire de Physique des Rayonnements, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria.
2
Faculté de Médecine, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria.
* e-mail: bouhali_zohra@yahoo.fr
** e-mail: taoufik.djemil@univ-annaba.dz
Published online: 10 May 2019
The experimental technique of fluorescence light measurement is used for indirect observations of cosmic ray particles at very high energies. Extensive Air Showers (EAS) initiated by Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays (EECRs), up to 100 EeV and entering the Earth’s atmosphere, are simulated with the CORSIKA package. The influence of different simulation parameters on the EAS characteristics is studied, especially on the longitudinal distribution of charged particles, depth of shower maximum and energy released to the air. By taking the atmospheric scattering of light into account, the number of fluorescence photons, with wavelengths between 300-430 nm, and their arrival time distribution to an ideal space telescope are calculated.
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