First results of the SPHERE experiment

Sergey Shaulov

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20135204009

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EPJ Web of Conferences 52, 04009 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135204009

First results of the SPHERE experiment

Sergey Shaulov^a

Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

^a e-mail: ser101@inbox.ru

Abstract

First results of the balloon-borne experiment SPHERE are presented. The primary spectrum in the energy range 10¹⁶ – 5 · 10¹⁷ eV is compared with data of other experiments. The primary energies were reconstructed using characteristics of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation from extensive air showers, reflected from a snow surface.

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