Multilayer filters for extending the duty cycle of optical telescopes in the highest energy cosmic ray experiments

Maltezos, S; Fokitis, E; Moyssides, P; Geranios, A

dc.contributor.author	Maltezos, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Fokitis, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Moyssides, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Geranios, A	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:18Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:18Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	0920-5632	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15410
dc.subject	Cosmic Ray	en
dc.subject	Duty Cycle	en
dc.subject	Extensive Air Shower	en
dc.subject	Optical Filters	en
dc.subject	Pixel Detector	en
dc.subject	Simulated Annealing	en
dc.subject	Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray	en
dc.subject.classification	Physics, Particles & Fields	en
dc.subject.other	BRIGHTNESS	en
dc.title	Multilayer filters for extending the duty cycle of optical telescopes in the highest energy cosmic ray experiments	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0920-5632(03)91009-7	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0920-5632(03)91009-7	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	Multilayer optical filters, appropriately designed to reject the optical noise emitted in the range between the main UV spectral lines of the atmospheric N-2(+) fluorescence, induced by the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) via the effect of Extensive Air Showers (EAS), are presented in this work. For the design we used the method of simulated annealing, assuming 40 dielectric layers. A simplified model of the main optical noise components has been used for calculating the evolution of the trigger probability and the resulting duty cycle of a pixel detector. The method has been applied for the fluorescence telescope of the AUGER Observatory, assuming the use of various optical filters.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0920-5632(03)91009-7	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000185372900055	en
dc.identifier.volume	125	en
dc.identifier.spage	313	en
dc.identifier.epage	319	en