Simulations of a Giant Hybrid Air Shower Detector
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We have used Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the capabilities of a giant air shower observatory designed to detect showers initiated by cosmic rays with energies exceeding 10 19 eV. The observatory is to consist of an array of detectors that will characterise the air shower at ground level, and optical detectors to measure the uorescence light emitted by the shower in the atmosphere. Using these detectors together in a \hybrid" connguration, we nd that precise geometrical reconstruction of the shower axis is possible, leading to excellent resolution in energy. The technique is also shown to provide very good reconstruction below 10 19 eV, at energies where the ground array is not fully eecient.
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