TY - JOUR
T1 - The Lidar system of the Pierre Auger Observatory
AU - BenZvi, S. Y.
AU - Cester, R.
AU - Chiosso, M.
AU - Connolly, B. M.
AU - Filipčič, A.
AU - García, B.
AU - Grillo, A.
AU - Guarino, F.
AU - Horvat, M.
AU - Iarlori, M.
AU - Macolino, C.
AU - Matthews, J. A.J.
AU - Melo, D.
AU - Mussa, R.
AU - Mostafá, M.
AU - Pallota, J.
AU - Petrera, S.
AU - Prouza, M.
AU - Rizi, V.
AU - Roberts, M.
AU - Rodriguez Rojo, J. R.
AU - Salamida, F.
AU - Santander, M.
AU - Sequeiros, G.
AU - Tonachini, A.
AU - Valore, L.
AU - Veberič, D.
AU - Westerhoff, S.
AU - Zavrtanik, D.
AU - Zavrtanik, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica and Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina; INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) (Italy); Slovenian Research Agency; National Science Foundation (USA) (contract numbers NSF-PHY-0500492, NSF-PHY-0134007); Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (USA) (DE-FG03-92ER40732).
PY - 2007/4/21
Y1 - 2007/4/21
N2 - The Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargüe, Argentina, is designed to study the origin of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays with energies above 1018 eV. The energy calibration of the detector is based on a system of four air fluorescence detectors. To obtain reliable calorimetric information from the fluorescence stations, the atmospheric conditions at the experiment's site need to be monitored continuously during operation. One of the components of the observatory's atmospheric monitoring system is a set of four elastic backscatter lidar stations, one station at each of the fluorescence detector sites. This paper describes the design, current status, standard operation procedure, and performance of the lidar system of the Pierre Auger Observatory.
AB - The Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargüe, Argentina, is designed to study the origin of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays with energies above 1018 eV. The energy calibration of the detector is based on a system of four air fluorescence detectors. To obtain reliable calorimetric information from the fluorescence stations, the atmospheric conditions at the experiment's site need to be monitored continuously during operation. One of the components of the observatory's atmospheric monitoring system is a set of four elastic backscatter lidar stations, one station at each of the fluorescence detector sites. This paper describes the design, current status, standard operation procedure, and performance of the lidar system of the Pierre Auger Observatory.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.094
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.094
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34047191023
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 574
SP - 171
EP - 184
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1
ER -