Study of Shower Optical Image Based on Energy Deposits Derived from CORSIKA
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Using the CORSIKA shower simulation package, the spatial distribution of energy deposited by the shower in the atmosphere through ionization is obtained and the distribution of light arriving to the detector is calculated. The resulting shower image is compared with that obtained using the NKG distribution of particles in the shower and a constant fluorescence yield. Taking into account the distribution of energy deposited by the shower leads to a small dependence of the size of shower image on the primary particle.
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