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The atmospheric nightglow in the 300– wavelength

2002

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 t…

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhotomultiplierbusiness.industryDetectorAirglowSpace ShuttleCosmic rayParticle detectorCollimated lightOpticsSatellitebusinessInstrumentationRemote sensingNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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