Atmospheric monitoring with the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes

0518263 - FZÚ 2020 RIV FR eng C - Konferenční příspěvek (zahraniční konf.)
Mandát, Dušan - Fujii, T. - Malacari, M. - Farmer, J. - Ni, X. - Privitera, P. - Albury, J. - Bellido, J.A. - Hamal, P. - Horváth, P. - Hrabovský, M. - Nožka, Libor - Chytka, Ladislav - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Schovánek, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Matthews, J.N. - Thomas, S.
Atmospheric monitoring with the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes.
EPJ Web of Conferences. Vol. 197. Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, 2019 - (Valore, L.; Colalillo, R.; Guarino, F.), s. 1-4, č. článku 02002. E-ISSN 2100-014X.
[International Workshop on Atmospheric Monitoring for High Energy Astroparticle Detectors (AtmoHEAD). Anacapri (IT), 24.09.2018-26.09.2018]
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001402; GA MŠMT LTT18004
Grant ostatní: OP VVV - AUGER-CZ(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271
Klíčová slova: telescopes * FAST * UHECRs * fluorescence detector array
Obor OECD: Particles and field physics

The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a proposed low-cost, large-area, next-generation experiment for the detection of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) via the atmospheric fluorescence technique. Two FAST telescopes are currently installed and operating at the Black Rock Mesa site of the Telescope Array Experiment in Utah, USA. Knowledge of the properties of the atmosphere above the detector is of utmost importance for the analysis and reconstruction of the energy and trajectory of UHECRs measured with an atmospheric fluorescence telescope. The FAST experiment uses all sky camera (FASCam) and sky quality monitor (SQM) for the detection of clouds and quantification of the night-sky background light in the field-of-view of the telescopes. Measurements of a vertically-fired ultra-violet laser at a distance of 21 km from the FAST telescopes are used to infer the transparency of the atmosphere above the detector through comparison with simulations.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0303425