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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 12: Astroteilchenphysik: Methoden I
T 12.3: Talk
Monday, March 25, 2019, 16:30–16:45, S12
Preparing the FAMOUS telescope for the observation of fluorescence light from extensive air-showers — •Adrianna García1, Thomas Bretz1, Paulo Ferreira1, Thomas Hebbeker1, Julian Kemp1, Tobias Pan1, Christine Peters1, Merlin Schaufel2, and Johannes Schumacher1 — 1III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen University — 2III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University
The First Auger Multi-pixel photon counter camera for the Observation of Ultra-high energy cosmic-ray air-showers (FAMOUS) is a telescope developed at the RWTH Aachen University. Its main goal is to measure photons produced in Extensive Air Showers generated from the interaction of Cosmic Rays (CRs) with the Earth’s atmosphere.
The Data Acquisition system (DAQ) currently used by FAMOUS is suitable to measure Cherenkov photons. Now we evaluate its capability to detect also fluorescence light which will give information about the energy and the arrival direction of the primary CRs.
Experiments and analysis techniques have been developed in order to study the possibility of detecting both Cherenkov and fluorescence light with the current DAQ.