Geomagnetic Effects on the Performance of Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescopes

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dc.creatorChadwick, P. M.
dc.creatorLyons, K.
dc.creatorMcComb, T. J. L.
dc.creatorOrford, K. J.
dc.creatorOsborne, J. L.
dc.creatorRayner, S. M.
dc.creatorShaw, S. E.
dc.creatorTurver, K. E.
dc.date1999-06-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:31:55Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:31:55Z
dc.descriptionAtmospheric Cerenkov telescopes are used to detect electromagnetic showers from primary gamma rays of energy > 300 GeV and to discriminate these from cascades due to hadrons using the shape and orientation of the Cerenkov images. The geomagnetic field affects the development of showers and diffuses and distorts the images. When the component of the field normal to the shower axis is sufficiently large (> 0.4 G) the performance of gamma ray telescopes may be affected.
dc.description4 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of 26th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Salt Lake City, 1999)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9906139
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9906139
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/14327
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGeomagnetic Effects on the Performance of Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescopes
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