A Method for Separation of Gamma and Hadron Initiated Air Showers with Angle Integrating Cerenkov Arrays
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چکیده
The angle-integrating Cerenkov technique provides a promising new approach to ground-based-ray astronomy in an energy range just above that accessible by air-Cerenkov telescopes. A method for /hadron separation usable in angle-integrating Cerenkov arrays is presented. As an example we apply this method in a full quantitative detail to the existing AIROBICC detector.
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