Shoot-the-shower: real-time observations for astroparticle physics using the FRAM robotic telescope

0441422 - FZÚ 2015 RIV MX eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Ebr, Jan - Janeček, Petr - Prouza, Michael - Kubánek, Petr - Jelínek, M. - Mašek, Martin - Ebrová, I. - Černý, Jaroslav
Shoot-the-shower: real-time observations for astroparticle physics using the FRAM robotic telescope.
Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias. Mexico DF: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2014 - (Tello, J.; Riva, A.; Hiriart, D.; Castro-Tirado, A.), s. 53-56. 45. ISSN 1405-2059.
[Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories /3./. Malaga (ES), 07.10.2013-11.10.2013]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LG13007; GA MŠMT(CZ) 7AMB14AR005; GA MŠMT 7E12064
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 283783 - GLORIA
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : astroparticle physics * atmospheric effects * techniques: miscellaneous
OECD category: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/rmaa/RMxAC..45/PDF/RMxAC..45_file3-03.pdf

The FRAM telescope operates as an atmospheric monitoring device for the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina. In addition to regular photometric observations aimed to determine the overall aerosol content and characteristic in the atmosphere above the Observatory, FRAM is also a part of the rapid monitoring program. When a ultra-high energy shower is detected by the fluorescence telescopes of the Observatory, the FRAM telescope takes a series of images to measure atmospheric transparency along the trajectory of the shower. These observations are critical for the identification of showers with anomalous profiles. If such showers were clearly observed, they can significantly constrain the hadronic interaction models at very high energies.
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