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Techniques for measuring aerosol attenuation using the Central Laser Facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Miguel MostafáF. DiogoE. SantosR. M. De AlmeidaM. ProuzaB. Zamorano GarciaO. TascauColin BausP. AbreuD. RavignaniZbigniew SzadkowskiG. CoccioloG. CoccioloG. MatthiaeG. MatthiaeS. WesterhoffH. SchielerKarl-heinz KampertAntonio BuenoSergio PastorAntonella CastellinaAntonella CastellinaJ. Lozano BahiloCorbin CovaultY. PetrovM. PlatinoM. MonasorV. H. PonceGeraldina GolupAlexander GrilloS. FliescherE. TrovatoE. TrovatoDiego HarariGualberto AvilaIngomar AllekotteC. E. SantoFrancisco J. BlancoLino MiramontiLino MiramontiN. NierstenhoeferB. GookinJose ChinellatoF. Gomez AlbarracinF. Gomez AlbarracinAngela V. OlintoS. JansenB. J. WhelanM. OliveiraJ. KleinfellerE. M. SantosS. H. ChengI. C. MarişI. C. MarişHernan WahlbergHernan WahlbergBruce R. DawsonP. LautridouB. Rouillé-d'orfeuilMartina BohacovaPatrick AllisonA. WidomS. J. De JongLeigui De OliveiraH. RiveraH. RiveraM. StraubE. D. FraenkelJ. SorokinDaniel KuempelR. J. LauerYogendra N. SrivastavaLuis A. AnchordoquiPierre BilloirPierre BilloirA. F. BarbosaCarlos EscobarCarlos EscobarP. RistoriD. NosekJ. KnappA. Lopez AgüeraD. ThomasA. CurutiuM. RisseRémi BardenetM. WillB. D. FoxAlberto FilevichG. ParenteCarlos HojvatJ. C. MarinJ. C. MarinH. R. Marquez FalconAlejandro AlmelaMarkus AhlersYingchun ZhuB. RevenuMullerMullerS. MalderaS. MalderaP. BrogueiraJ. OehlschlägerA. Letessier-selvonA. Letessier-selvonPetr TravnicekM. AvenierPeter HansenPeter HansenF. GuarinoF. GuarinoLorenzo CazonE. VarelaT. RosslerJohannes SchulzJ. MallerK.-h. BeckerKai DaumillerPeter BuchholzJörg R. HörandelG. GarilliG. GarilliN. GriffithS. J. SaffiB. CaccianigaB. CaccianigaL. CarameteM. PlumR. F. GamarraTrent D. GrubbD. HuberJ. BäumlRossella CarusoRossella CarusoA. LuceroA. LuceroA. LuceroIvone F. M. AlbuquerqueKe FangA. Van VlietM. SzubaF. Salesa GreusP. WahrlichG. MarsellaG. MarsellaIván SidelnikN. T. ThaoRúben ConceiçãoI.m. BrancusR. MeyhandanEric MayotteM. AveG. La RosaR. E. BurtonB. Vargas CárdenasAlan WatsonM. PimentaJuan Manuel FigueiraJuan Manuel FigueiraMarco AgliettaMarco AgliettaRoberta ColalilloRoberta ColalilloH. M. SpinkaA. G. MariazziA. G. MariazziA. WeindlMaria-teresa DovaMaria-teresa DovaH. CookJ. GittoJ. Alvarez CastilloJ. R. VázquezT. SuomijärviJ. PallottaM. Gómez BerissoMarkus LauscherJing ZhouG. S. VarnerR. C. ShellardK. LinkW. DoctersA. C. RoveroI. Lhenry-yvonL. PerroneL. PerroneJiri ChudobaD. Torres MachadoE. J. QuelKreso KadijaD. NitzJ. StasielakS. CoutuD. MartraireBéatrice FuchsOctavian FratuA. GorgiA. GorgiB. M. BaughmanA. HaungsM. Zimbres SilvaJ. L. HartonM. VidelaNiraj DhitalA. SmialkowskiN. HollonV. VerziV. VerziThomas HarrisonI. ValiñoA. ChiavassaA. ChiavassaJ. EspadanalN. PalmieriJ. R. T. De Mello NetoM. PalatkaM. HrabovskýNorberto FazziniK. B. BarberP. PieroniP. PieroniJ. NeuserD. Kruppke-hansenR. GaiorR. GaiorJ. StapletonG. SalinaG. SalinaPaul SommersP. GouffonRodríguez-fríasRodríguez-fríasRodríguez-fríasF. ArquerosP. NecesalL. R. WienckeM. L. Díaz CastroG. FarrarA. MenshikovA.m. Van Den BergP. KarhanA. BellétoileOlivier DelignyC. E. FracchiollaD. D'ursoD. D'ursoP. KasperAlessandro PetroliniA. DorofeevM. J. CooperCorinne BeratY. GuardincerriY. GuardincerriP. T. NhungDarko VeberičF. SánchezLuca LatronicoLuca LatronicoM. CocoA. KeivaniVincenzo RiziI. Rodriguez CaboF. SuarezThomas HebbekerOctavian SimaJ. G. GonzalezSergio DassoSergio DassoM. De DomenicoM. De DomenicoA. SchmidtR. PesceIgor KatkovA. C. FauthK. LouedecK. LouedecMariangela SettimoMariangela SettimoMariangela SettimoK. WeidenhauptAlexey YushkovLukas MiddendorfV. C. HolmesD. LebrunJ. SchovancovaG. Torralba ElipeD. HeckV. PirronelloV. PirronelloG. CataldiG. CataldiD. MaurizioD. MaurizioIuri Muniz PepeH. LyberisH. LyberisC. JarneC. JarneR. KrauseW. TkaczykCarla BonifaziD. MartelloD. MartelloG. MüllerJose A. BellidoL. VillaseñorC. RühleE. PetermannL. ValoreL. ValorePeter GorhamN. KunkaH. BlümerMax MalacariMiroslav PechPeter SchifferV. ScheriniV. ScheriniAmin AminaeiL. MartinM. ZiolkowskiC. AramoC. AramoAlberto Daniel SupanitskyU. FröhlichR. BoninoR. BoninoT. HuegeMarco CilmoMarco CilmoL. CollicaL. CollicaMaurice StephanPavel HorvathDusan MandatA. ParraJeffrey BrackOlaf ScholtenHumberto Ibarguen SalazarMaria Rita ColucciaMaria Rita ColucciaJaime RosadoI. ZawAlina Mihaela BadescuO. Martínez BravoPiotr HomolaAlexandra SaftoiuM. PontzPham Ngoc DiepM. BuscemiM. BuscemiM. JosebachuiliM. JosebachuiliBalázs KéglRichard DallierRichard DallierA. NellesG. Rodriguez FernandezG. Rodriguez FernandezG. Rodriguez FernandezH. J. MathesA. FilipcicM. C. MaccaroneMarkus RothG. De La VegaB. MitricaJ. A.j. MatthewsXavier BertouHeino FalckeHeino FalckeL. BurokerBruno DanielR. CesterR. CesterS. Le CozC. MacolinoC. MacolinoJan EbrJaime Alvarez-muñizT. YapiciL. TomankovaHernán AsoreyC. J. Todero PeixotoD. SchusterJ. J. Masías MezaJ. J. Masías MezaA. ZepedaB. MoralesS. JiraskovaG. NavarraG. NavarraJ. D. SwainSergio PetreraC. A. MouraT. YamamotoBrian FickJ. VichaSamo StaničPedro AssisG. WieczorekC. L. WilliamsMoritz MünchmeyerMoritz MünchmeyerG. C. HillLu LuJ. K. KulbartzSofia AndringaA. EtchegoyenD. MaurelJ. Rodriguez RojoJavier TiffenbergJavier TiffenbergO. KrömerA. InsoliaA. InsoliaM. KleifgesD. ZavrtanikB. TomePeter MazurRalph EngelM. BlancoM. BlancoJ. RidkyF.g. SchröderF.g. SchröderEnrique ZasH.o. KlagesA. TonachiniA. TonachiniB. GarcíaMario ScuderiMario ScuderiTobias WinchenT. SusaA. StutzJ. PȩkalaL. CaccianigaL. CaccianigaC. Di GiulioC. Di GiulioDenise BoncioliDenise BoncioliR. LópezKaren S. Caballero-moraKaren S. Caballero-moraN. ScharfFernando ContrerasP. N. DongS. MessinaI. A. MinayaB. KeilhauerD. B. TridapalliJ. AllenS. NavasM. MelissasA. P. FergusonN. KrohmA. TapiaS. J. SciuttoS. J. SciuttoM. LudwigGerman RosMartin ErdmannH. GemmekeM. UngerR. A. VázquezG. YuanW. Rodrigues De CarvalhoB. SarkarChristian GlaserF. SalamidaL. Molina-buenoD. MeloM. TartareRobertsRobertsF. SarazinJ. W. CroninDavid WalzRoger W ClayMarc WeberD. Pakk Selmi-deiP. LebrunG. TomaE. KempR. SatoNataliia BorodaiM. AmbrosioM. AmbrosioF. WernerH. WilczyńskiJ. L. NavarroD. Monnier RagaigneC. PfendnerM. I. MichelettiC. J.w.p. TimmermansE. J. AhnH. SchoorlemmerS. GrebeJ. C. DiazR. SquartiniT. PaulT. PaulH. MartinezMatias TuerosS. RiggiS. RiggiT. AntičićE. MenichettiE. MenichettiMarcus NiechciolG. Medina-tancoR. PelayoR. PelayoR. MussaR. MussaJ. J. BeattyG. Van AarS. QuerchfeldJ. L. KelleySilvia MollerachAlain HervéH. DembinskiL. NiemietzL. Del PeralN. PachecoO. RavelJ. RobertsTim NiggemannA.r. BatistaW. J. M. De Mello JuniorJulien AublinJulien AublinJ. Rodriguez MartinoA. ShadkamCarla BleveP.f. Gómez VitaleA. PorcelliB. WundheilerGregory R SnowA. SegretoM. S. A. B. LeãoGünter SiglRadomir SmidaSutherlandJohn N. MatthewsR. M. KieckhaferP. YounkP. YounkJuan MorenoJuan MorenoJ. RautenbergO. WainbergV. De SouzaW. C. BrownJ. F. Valdés GaliciaI. De MitriI. De MitriA. Gascon BravoG. P. GuedesD. Garcia-gamezS. T. Garcia RocaR. TcaciucF. MontanetJ. C. Dos AnjosM. ZavrtanikD. Garcia-pintoJuan Carlos D'olivoT. PierogEsteban RouletP. L. GhiaP. L. GhiaH. GlassMichael UrbanPetr SchovanekB. WilczynskaL. NožkaPaulo J. S. GonçalvesM.e. OrtizSasa MicanovicA. CrissMaria GillerRalf UlrichPaul M. MantschS. GambettaR. PiegaiaR. PiegaiaV. MarinL. NellenC. MorelloC. MorelloK. D. De VriesPeter L. BiermannPaolo PriviteraS. Van Velzen

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AstronomyDetector alignment and calibration methods (lasers sources particle-beams)01 natural sciencesDetector alignment and calibration methods (laserObservatoryATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONSDetector alignment and calibration methodsInstrumentationcosmic rayMathematical PhysicsHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Physicsatmospheric monitoring[SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]PhysicsData analysiparticle-beams)ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSINGCentral Laser FacilityFísica nuclearAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomenasources[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE][PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]sourceAuger Experimentaerosols * Authors are listed on the following pagesData analysisFOS: Physical sciencesCosmic rayAuger Experiment; cosmic rays; atmospheric monitoring; aerosolsOpticscosmic raysUltra-high energy cosmic rays. atmospheric monitoring. aerosols0103 physical sciences010306 general physicsInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Pierre Auger Observatory010308 nuclear & particles physicsbusiness.industryLarge detector systems for particle and astroparticle physicsAttenuationAtmospheric correctionUltra-high energy cosmic rays[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]AerosolDetector alignment and calibration methods (lasersAir showerdetector alignment and calibration methods (lasers; sources; particle-beams); large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; data analysisExperimental High Energy PhysicsLarge detector systems for particle and astroparticle physicbusinessRAIOS CÓSMICOSaerosolsSYSTEM

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The Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargue, Argentina, is designed to study the properties of ultra-high energy cosmic rays with energies above 10(18) eV. It is a hybrid facility that employs a Fluorescence Detector to perform nearly calorimetric measurements of Extensive Air Shower energies. To obtain reliable calorimetric information from the FD, the atmospheric conditions at the observatory need to be continuously monitored during data acquisition. In particular, light attenuation due to aerosols is an important atmospheric correction. The aerosol concentration is highly variable, so that the aerosol attenuation needs to be evaluated hourly. We use light from the Central Laser Facility, located near the center of the observatory site, having an optical signature comparable to that of the highest energy showers detected by the FD. This paper presents two procedures developed to retrieve the aerosol attenuation of fluorescence light from CLF laser shots. Cross checks between the two methods demonstrate that results from both analyses are compatible, and that the uncertainties are well understood. The measurements of the aerosol attenuation provided by the two procedures are currently used at the Pierre Auger Observatory to reconstruct air shower data.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-04-12
10.1088/1748-0221/8/04/p04009http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/04/P04009