The central laser facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory

F. Arqueros; J. Bellido; C. Covault; D. D'Urso; C. Di Giulio; P. Facal; B. Fick; F. Guarino; M. Malek; J. A.J. Matthews; J. Matthews; R. Meyhandan; M. Monasor; M. Mostafa; P. Petrinca; M. Roberts; P. Sommers; P. Travnicek; L. Valore; V. Verzi; L. Wiencke

The central laser facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory

F. Arqueros, J. Bellido, C. Covault, D. D'Urso, C. Di Giulio, P. Facal, B. Fick, F. Guarino, M. Malek, J. A.J. Matthews, J. Matthews, R. Meyhandan, M. Monasor, M. Mostafa, P. Petrinca, M. Roberts, P. Sommers, P. Travnicek, L. Valore, V. VerziL. Wiencke

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Abstract

The Central Laser Facility is located near the middle of the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina. It features a UV laser and optics that direct a beam of calibrated pulsed light into the sky. Light scattered from this beam produces tracks in the Auger optical detectors which normally record nitrogen fluorescence tracks from cosmic ray air showers. The Central Laser Facility provides a "test beam" to investigate properties of the atmosphere and the fluorescence detectors. The laser can send light via optical fiber simultaneously to the nearest surface detector tank for hybrid timing analyses. We describe the facility and show some examples of its many uses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	335-338
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 2005
Event	29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005 - Pune, India Duration: Aug 3 2005 → Aug 10 2005

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Other	29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005
Country/Territory	India
City	Pune
Period	8/3/05 → 8/10/05

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Arqueros, F., Bellido, J., Covault, C., D'Urso, D., Di Giulio, C., Facal, P., Fick, B., Guarino, F., Malek, M., Matthews, J. A. J., Matthews, J., Meyhandan, R., Monasor, M., Mostafa, M., Petrinca, P., Roberts, M., Sommers, P., Travnicek, P., Valore, L., ... Wiencke, L. (2005). The central laser facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory. 335-338. Paper presented at 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005, Pune, India.

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