Optical Properties and Calibration of the Pierre Auger Fluorescence Detector
Abstract:
This thesis focuses on the calibration and optical properties of the Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. A novel procedure for the study of telescope characteristics using an airborne light source is presented. Measurement results with respect to the absolute calibration and point spread function of the telescopes are reported, and the effect on reconstructed air shower observables is discussed.
| Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT | Fakultät für Physik – Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP) |
| Publikationstyp | Hochschulschrift |
| Publikationsjahr | 2016 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Identifikator | urn:nbn:de:swb:90-619543 KITopen-ID: 1000061954 |
| Verlag | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) |
| Umfang | VI, 208 S. |
| Art der Arbeit | Dissertation |
| Fakultät | Fakultät für Physik (PHYSIK) |
| Institut | Fakultät für Physik – Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP) |
| Prüfungsdatum | 03.06.2016 |
| Schlagwörter | cosmic rays, extensive air showers, fluorescence detector, calibration, optical properties, octocopter, Pierre Auger Observatory |
| Referent/Betreuer | Blümer, J. |