The effects of the earth's magnetic field on Cherekov light image parameters

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Title The effects of the earth's magnetic field on Cherekov light image parameters
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Science
Department Physics & Astronomy
Author Cardoza, Jose Osmaro
Date 2012-08
Description The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) detects Cerenkov radiation from extended air showers (EAS) produced by Ƴ rays that interact with the earth's atmosphere. The earth's magnetic field effects the development of EAS by interacting with secondary charge particles in the shower. In this thesis, we present the results of Monte Carlo simulations of primary Ƴ rays with kinetic energies between 400 GeV and 6.4 TeV and the effects that the earth's magnetic field has on the image parameters width and length. Simulation results are compared to Crab Nebula data from the 2007-2008 observation season.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Geomagnetism; Cherenkov radiation; Astrophysics
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Master of Science
Language eng
Rights Management Copyright © Jose Osmaro Cardoza 2012
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 2,924,084 bytes
Identifier etd3/id/1813
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, QC3.5 2012 .C27
ARK ark:/87278/s6n01n9p
Setname ir_etd
ID 195502
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n01n9p
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