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Spectral calibration of the fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Aab, A. [1] ; Abreu, P. [2, 3] ; Aglietta, M. [4, 5] ; Al Samarai, I. [6, 7] ; Albuquerque, I. F. M. [8] ; Allekotte, I. [9, 10] ; Almela, A. [11, 12] ; Alvarez Castillo, J. [13] ; Alvarez-Muniz, J. [14] ; Anastasi, G. A. [15, 16] ; Anchordoqui, L. [17] ; Andrada, B. [11] ; Andringa, S. [2, 3] ; Aramo, C. [18] ; Arqueros, F. [19] ; Arsene, N. [20] ; Asorey, H. [9, 21, 10] ; Assis, P. [2, 3] ; Aublin, J. [6, 7] ; Avila, G. [22, 23] ; Badescu, A. M. [24] ; Balaceanu, A. [25] ; Barbato, F. [26] ; Barreira Luz, R. J. [2, 3] ; Beatty, J. J. [27] ; Becker, K. H. [28] ; Bellido, J. A. [29] ; Berat, C. [30] ; Bertaina, M. E. [5, 31] ; Biermann, P. L. [32] ; Biteau, J. [33] ; Blaess, S. G. [29] ; Blanco, A. [2, 3] ; Blazek, J. [34] ; Bleve, C. [35, 36] ; Bohacova, M. [34] ; Boncioli, D. [15, 37] ; Bonifazi, C. [38] ; Borodai, N. [39] ; Botti, A. M. [11, 40] ; Brack, J. [41] ; Brancus, I. [25] ; Bretz, T. [42] ; Bridgeman, A. [40] ; Briechle, F. L. [42] ; Buchholz, P. [43] ; Bueno, A. 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[90] ; Letessier-Selvon, A. [6, 7] ; Lhenry-Yvon, I. [33] ; Link, K. [86] ; Lo Presti, D. [46] ; Lopes, L. [2, 3] ; Lopez, R. [91] ; Lopez Casado, A. [14] ; Lorek, R. [55] ; Luce, Q. [33] ; Lucero, A. ; Malacari, M. [56] ; Mallamaci, M. [49, 53] ; Mandat, D. [34] ; Mantsch, P. [70] ; Mariazzi, A. G. [67, 68] ; Maris, I. C. [92] ; Marsella, G. [35, 36] ; Martello, D. [35, 36] ; Martinez, H. [93] ; Martinez Bravo, O. [91] ; Masias Meza, J. J. [58, 59, 60] ; Mathes, H. J. [40] ; Mathys, S. [28] ; Matthews, J. [94] ; Matthews, J. A. J. [95] ; Matthiae, G. [96, 97] ; Mayotte, E. [28] ; Mazur, P. O. [70] ; Medina, C. [88] ; Medina-Tanco, G. ; Melo, D. ; Menshikov, A. ; Merenda, K. -D. ; Michal, S. ; Micheletti, M. I. ; Middendorf, L. ; Miramonti, L. ; Mitrica, B. ; Mockler, D. ; Mollerach, S. ; Montanet, F. ; Morello, C. ; Mostafa, M. ; Mueller, A. L. ; Mueller, G. ; Muller, M. A. [98] ; Mueller, S. ; Mussa, R. ; Naranjo, I. ; Nellen, L. ; Nguyen, P. H. ; Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M. ; Niechciol, M. ; Niemietz, L. ; Niggemann, T. ; Nitz, D. ; Nosek, D. [99] ; Novotny, V. [99] ; Nozka, L. ; Nunez, L. A. ; Ochilo, L. ; Oikonomou, F. ; Olinto, A. ; Palatka, M. ; Pallotta, J. [100, 101] ; Papenbreer, P. ; Parente, G. ; Parra, A. ; Paul, T. ; Pech, M. ; Pedreira, F. ; Pekala, J. ; Pelayo, R. [102] ; Pena-Rodriguez, J. ; Pereira, L. A. S. ; Perlin, M. ; Perrone, L. ; Peters, C. ; Petrera, S. ; Phuntsok, J. ; Piegaia, R. ; Pierog, T. ; Pimenta, M. ; Pirronello, V. ; Platino, M. ; Plum, M. ; Porowski, C. ; Prado, R. R. ; Privitera, P. ; Prouza, M. ; Quel, E. J. [100, 101] ; Querchfeld, S. ; Quinn, S. ; Ramos-Pollan, R. ; Rautenberg, J. ; Ravignani, D. ; Ridky, J. ; Riehn, F. ; Risse, M. ; Ristori, P. ; Rizi, V. [103] ; Rodrigues de Carvalho, W. ; Fernandez, G. Rodriguez ; Rodriguez Rojo, J. ; Rogozin, D. ; Roncoroni, M. J. ; Roth, M. ; Roulet, E. ; Rovero, A. C. ; Ruehl, P. ; Saffi, S. J. ; Saftoiu, A. ; Salamida, F. [103] ; Salazar, H. ; Saleh, A. ; Greus, F. Salesa ; Salina, G. ; Sanchez, F. ; Sanchez-Lucas, P. ; Santos, E. M. ; Santos, E. ; Sarazin, E. ; Sarmento, R. ; Sarmiento-Cano, C. ; Sato, R. ; Schauer, M. ; Scherini, V. ; Schieler, H. ; Schimp, M. ; Schmidt, D. ; Scholten, O. [104, 105] ; Schovanek, P. ; Schroeder, F. G. ; Schroeder, S. ; Schulz, A. ; Schumacher, J. ; Sciutto, S. J. ; Segreto, A. [106] ; Shadkam, A. ; Shellard, R. C. [107] ; Sigl, G. ; Silli, G. ; Sima, O. [108] ; Smialkowski, A. ; Smida, R. ; Snow, G. R. [109] ; Sommers, P. ; Sonntag, S. ; Squartin, R. ; Stanca, D. ; Stanic, S. ; Stasielak, J. ; Stassi, P. ; Stolpovskiy, M. ; Strafella, F. ; Streich, A. ; Suarez, F. ; Suarez Duran, M. ; Sudholz, T. ; Suomijarvi, T. ; Supanitsky, A. D. ; Supik, J. ; Swain, J. T. [110] ; Szadkowski, Z. ; Taboada, A. ; Taborda, O. A. ; Theodoro, V. M. ; Timmermans, C. ; Todero Peixoto, C. J. [111] ; Tomankova, L. ; Tome, B. ; Torralba Elipe, G. ; Travnicek, P. ; Trini, M. ; Ulrich, R. ; Unger, M. ; Urban, M. ; Valdes Galicia, J. F. ; Valino, I. ; Valore, L. ; van Aar, G. ; van Bodegom, P. ; van den Berg, A. M. [104] ; van Vliet, A. ; Varela, E. ; Vargas Cardenas, B. ; Varner, G. ; Vazquez, R. A. ; Veberic, D. ; Ventura, C. ; Vergara Quispe, I. D. ; Verzi, V. ; Vicha, J. ; Villasenor, L. ; Vorobiov, S. ; Wahlberg, H. ; Wainberg, O. ; Walz, D. ; Watson, A. A. [112] ; Weber, M. ; Weindl, A. ; Wiencke, L. ; Wilczynski, H. ; Wirtz, M. ; Wittkowski, D. ; Wundheiler, B. ; Yang, L. ; Yushkov, A. ; Zas, E. ; Zavrtanik, D. ; Zavrtanik, M. ; Zepeda, A. ; Zimmermann, B. ; Ziolkowski, M. ; Zong, Z. ; Zuccarello, F. ; Collaboration, Pierre Auger
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[1] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, IMAPP, Nijmegen - Netherlands
[2] Univ Lisbon, IST, Lisbon - Portugal
[3] Univ Lisbon, Lab Instrumentagao & Fis Expt Particulas LIP, Lisbon - Portugal
[4] Osservatorio Astrofis Torino INAF, Turin - Italy
[5] INFN, Sez Torino, Turin - Italy
[6] Univ Paris 06, LPNHE, CNRS, IN2P3, Paris - France
[7] Univ Paris 07, LPNHE, CNRS, IN2P3, Paris - France
[8] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[9] Ctr Atom Bariloche, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro - Argentina
[10] Inst Balseiro, CNEA UNCuyo, CONICET, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro - Argentina
[11] UNSAM, CONICET, CNEA, Inst Tecnol Detecc & Astroparticulas, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina
[12] Univ Tecnol Nacl, Fac Reg Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina
[13] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, DF - Mexico
[14] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Santiago De Compostela - Spain
[15] INFN, Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, Laquila - Italy
[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Gran Sasso Sci Inst, Laquila - Italy
[17] CUNY, Dept Phys & Astron, Lehman Coll, Bronx, NY - USA
[18] INFN, Sez Napoli, Naples - Italy
[19] Univ Complutense Madrid, Madrid - Spain
[20] Inst Space Sci, Bucharest - Romania
[21] Univ Ind Santander, Bucaramanga - Colombia
[22] Observ Pierre Auger, Malargue - Argentina
[23] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Malargile - Argentina
[24] Univ Politehn Bucuresti, Bucharest - Romania
[25] Horia Hulubei Natl Inst Phys & Nucl Engn, Bucharest - Romania
[26] Univ Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento Fis Ettore Pancini, Naples - Italy
[27] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 - USA
[28] Berg Univ Wuppertal, Dept Phys, Wuppertal - Germany
[29] Univ Adelaide, Adelaide, SA - Australia
[30] Univ Grenoble Alpes, LPSC, CNRS, IN2P3, Grenoble - France
[31] Univ Torino, Dipartimento Fis, Turin - Italy
[32] Max Planck Inst Radioastron, Bonn - Germany
[33] Univ Paris Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, IPNO, CNRS IN2P3, Orsay - France
[34] Czech Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Prague - Czech Republic
[35] Univ Salento, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis E De Giorgi, Lecce - Italy
[36] INFN, Sez Lecce, Lecce - Italy
[37] Deutsch Elekt Synchrotron DESY, Zeuthen - Germany
[38] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Fis, Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[39] Inst Nucl Phys PAN, Krakow - Poland
[40] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Kernphys, Karlsruhe - Germany
[41] Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 - USA
[42] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst A 3, Aachen - Germany
[43] Univ Siegen, Fachbereich Phys Expt Teilchenphys 7, Siegen - Germany
[44] Univ Granada, Granada - Spain
[45] CAFPE, Granada - Spain
[46] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Catania - Italy
[47] INFN, Sez Catania, Catania - Italy
[48] Univ Autenoma Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas - Mexico
[49] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, Milan - Italy
[50] Univ Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacan - Mexico
[51] Univ Estadual Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP - Brazil
[52] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 - USA
[53] INFN, Sez Milano, Milan - Italy
[54] Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Sci & Tecnol Aerospaziali, Milan - Italy
[55] Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, OH 44106 - USA
[56] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, 5640 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 - USA
[57] Univ Salento, Dipartimento Ingn, Lecce - Italy
[58] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina
[59] Univ Buenos Aires, FCEyN, Dept Fis, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina
[60] Univ Buenos Aires, FCEyN, Dept Ciencias Atmosfera & Oceanos, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina
[61] UBA, IAFE, CONICET, Inst Astron & Fis Espacio, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina
[62] Univ Fed Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ - Brazil
[63] Nikhef, Sci Pk, Amsterdam - Netherlands
[64] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Observ Valongo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[65] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[66] Univ Fed Parana, Setor Palotina, Palotina - Brazil
[67] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, La Plata - Argentina
[68] Univ Nacl La Plata, IFLP, La Plata - Argentina
[69] Univ Hamburg II, Inst Theoret Phys, Hamburg - Germany
[70] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 - USA
[71] Stichting Astronom Onderzoek Nederland ASTRON, Dwingeloo - Netherlands
[72] NYU, New York, NY - USA
[73] Michigan Technol Univ, Houghton, MI 49931 - USA
[74] J Stefan Inst, Expt Particle Phys Dept, Ljubljana - Slovenia
[75] Univ Nova Gorica, CAC, Nova Gorica - Slovenia
[76] UNR, Fac Ciencias Bioquim & Farmaceut, Rosario, Santa Fe - Argentina
[77] UNR, Inst Fis Rosario IFIR, CONICET, Rosario, Santa Fe - Argentina
[78] Univ Tecnol Nacl, Fac Reg Mendoza, CONICET, CNEA, Mendoza - Argentina
[79] UNSAM, CNEA, CONICET, Inst Tecnol Detect & Astroparticulas, Mendoza - Argentina
[80] Univ Nantes, CNRS, SUBATECH, Ecole Mines Nantes, IN2P3, Nantes - France
[81] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Prozessdatenverarbeitung & Elektr, Karlsruhe - Germany
[82] Univ Lodz, Fac Astrophys, Lodz - Poland
[83] Univ Lodz, Fac High Energy Astrophys, Lodz - Poland
[84] Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 - USA
[85] Univ Estadual Feira de Santana, Feira De Santana - Brazil
[86] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Expt Kernphys IEKP, Karlsruhe - Germany
[87] Palacky Univ, RCPTM, Olomouc - Czech Republic
[88] Colorado Sch Mines, Golden, CO 80401 - USA
[89] Ctr Fed Educ Tecnol Celso Suckow Fonseca, Nova Friburgo - Brazil
[90] Univ Fed ABC, Santo Andre, SP - Brazil
[91] Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Puebla - Mexico
[92] ULB, Brussels - Belgium
[93] Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados IPN CINVESTAV, Mexico City, DF - Mexico
[94] Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 - USA
[95] Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 - USA
[96] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, Rome - Italy
[97] INFN, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, Rome - Italy
[98] Univ Fed Pelotas, Pelotas, RS - Brazil
[99] Charles Univ Prague, Inst Particle & Nucl Phys, Fac Math & Phys, Prague - Czech Republic
[100] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Villa Martelli - Argentina
[101] CITEDEF, Ctr Invest Laseres & Aplicac, Villa Martelli - Argentina
[102] UPIITAIPN, Mexico City, DF - Mexico
[103] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Sci Fis & Chim, Laquila - Italy
[104] Univ Groningen, KVI Ctr Adv Radiat Technol, Groningen - Netherlands
[105] Vrije Univ Brussels, Brussels - Belgium
[106] INAF Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm Palermo, Palermo - Italy
[107] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[108] Univ Bucharest, Phys Dept, Bucharest - Romania
[109] Univ Nebraska, Lincoln, NE - USA
[110] Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA 02115 - USA
[111] Univ Sao Paulo, Escola Engn Lorena, Lorena, SP - Brazil
[112] Univ Leeds, Sch Phys & Astron, Leeds, W Yorkshire - England
Total Affiliations: 112
Document type: Journal article
Source: Astroparticle Physics; v. 95, p. 44-56, OCT 2017.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

We present a novel method to measure precisely the relative spectral response of the fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We used a portable light source based on a xenon flasher and a monochromator to measure the relative spectral efficiencies of eight telescopes in steps of 5 nm from 280 nm to 440nm. Each point in a scan had approximately 2nm FWHM out of the monochromator. Different sets of telescopes in the observatory have different optical components, and the eight telescopes measured represent two each of the four combinations of components represented in the observatory. We made an end-to-end measurement of the response from different combinations of optical components, and the monochromator setup allowed for more precise and complete measurements than our previous multi-wavelength calibrations. We find an overall uncertainty in the calibration of the spectral response of most of the telescopes of 1.5% for all wavelengths; the six oldest telescopes have larger overall uncertainties of about 2.2%. We also report changes in physics measurables due to the change in calibration, which are generally small. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

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