St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Journal: Physics and Mathematics

Научно-технические ведомости СПбГПУ. Физико-математические науки

2304-9782, 2618-8686, 2405-7223

The spatial distribution features of Сherenkov photon flux in the core of an electron-photon extensive atmospheric shower induced by a 5 GeV primary gamma-quantum

Особенности пространственного распределения черенковских фотонов в стволе широкого атмосферного ливня, вызванного гамма-квантом с энергией 5 ГэВ

Vasil’ev

Gennadiy

Gennady.Vasilyev@mail.ioffe.ru Kholupenko

Evgeniy

eugene@astro.ioffe.ru Bayko

Denis

baiko@astro.ioffe.ru Bykov

Andrey

byk@astro.ioffe.ru Krasil’shchikov

Alexander

kra@astro.ioffe.ru Pavlov

Georgiy

pavlov@astro.psu.edu

Ioffe Institute

10 12 2011

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Modeling of the electromagnetic component of an extensive atmospheric shower induced by a 5 GeV primary gamma-quantum is performed. It is shown that at 5 km a.s.l. the mean value of Cherenkov photon flux is 0.2 - 0.5 photon/m2 depending on the distance from the axis of shower (within the distance of 200 m).

gamma-RAYS cherenkov radiation extensive atmospheric showers simulation ultrarelativistic electrons