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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-08971-7
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- FAPESP Project [2015/15897-1]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior - Brasil (CAPES) [001]
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This study parametrizes the angular distribution of Cherenkov photons, filling the description gap for both small and large angle regions and improving the precision of previous works. The results are applicable in reconstructing showers with imaging Cherenkov telescopes and fluorescence detectors.
The Cherenkov light produced in air showers largely contributes to the signal observed in ground-based gamma-ray and cosmic-ray observatories. Yet, no description of this phenomenon is available covering both regions of small and large angles to the shower axis. To fill this gap, a parametrization of the angular distribution of Cherenkov photons is performed in terms of a physically-motivated parametric function. Model parameters are constrained using simulated gamma-ray and proton showers with energies in the TeV to EeV region. As a result, a new parametrization is obtained that improves the precision of previous works. Results presented here can be used in the reconstruction of showers with imaging Cherenkov telescopes as well as in the reconstruction of shower profiles with fluorescence detectors.
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