Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
An elastic lidar system for the H.E.S.S. Experiment. |
| Authors: |
Bregeon, J.1, Compin, M.1, Rivoire, S.1, Sanguillon, M.1, Vasileiadis, G.1 george.vasileiadis@lupm.in2p3.fr |
| Source: |
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A. May2016, Vol. 819, p60-66. 7p. |
| Subjects: |
Gamma ray telescopes, Elasticity, LIDAR, Cherenkov counters |
| Geographic Terms: |
Namibia |
| Abstract: |
The H.E.S.S. experiment in Namibia, Africa, is a high energy gamma ray telescope sensitive in the energy range from ~100 Gev to a few tens of TeV, via the use of the atmospheric Cherenkov technique. To minimize the systematic errors on the derived fluxes of the measured sources, one has to calculate the impact of the atmospheric properties, in particular the extinction parameter of the Cherenkov light (~300–650 nm) exploited to observe and reconstruct atmospheric particle showers initiated by gamma-ray photons. A lidar can provide this kind of information for some given wavelengths within this range. In this paper we report on the hardware components, operation and data acquisition of such a system installed at the H.E.S.S. site. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Engineering Source |
