Geomagnetic effects on atmospheric Cerenkov images

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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.creatorRoberts, I. D.
dc.creatorShaw, S. E.
dc.creatorTurver, K. E.
dc.date1999-04-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:51:28Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:51:28Z
dc.descriptionAtmospheric Cerenkov telescopes are used to detect electromagnetic showers from primary gamma rays of energy ~300 GeV - ~10 TeV and to discriminate these from cascades due to hadrons using the Cerenkov images. The geomagnetic field affects the development of showers and is shown to diffuse and distort 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, although corrections should be possible.
dc.description14 pages, 10 figure, accepted for publication in J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9904082
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9904082
dc.identifierJ.Phys.G25:1223-1233,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0954-3899/25/6/312
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/184827
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGeomagnetic effects on atmospheric Cerenkov images
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