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The atmospheric nightglow in the 300– wavelength
Federico RussoG. AgnettaOsvaldo CatalanoF. CeliBenedetto BiondoG. La RosaJ. LinsleyS. GiarrussoA. Lo BueA. ManganoR. Di Raffaelesubject
PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhotomultiplierbusiness.industryDetectorAirglowSpace ShuttleCosmic rayParticle detectorCollimated lightOpticsSatellitebusinessInstrumentationRemote sensingdescription
Abstract The balloon-borne experiment, named BAckground BYpass (BABY) belongs to a wider program that has as its final goal the detection and study of high-energy cosmic rays from space (satellite, Space Station). An information of fundamental importance for this class of projects concerns the nighttime background light. The instrument designed to detect fluorescence photons is basically composed of two collimated photomultipliers: a single photon-counting PMT and a charge integration PMT. We briefly report the details of the design, operation and performance of the detector, which was designed and completely built at the IFCAI–CNR Institute in Palermo. Preliminary analysis and results of the nocturnal background in the range of 300– 400 nm are presented for the whole duration of the flight during the 1998 Mediterranean balloon flight campaign. A substantial part of the flight was at night over the sea.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03-01 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |