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Session Q16 - Astrophysics: Student Prize Talks.
MIXED session, Monday afternoon, May 01
202C, LBCC

[Q16.005] Overview of the High Resolution (HiRes) Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Observatory

Kevin Reil, Tareq Abu-Zayyad, Charles Jui, Wayne Springer, Pierre Sokolosky, Stanton Thomas, Lawrence Wiencke (University of Utah), University of Utah Collaboration, Columbia University/Nevis Laboratory Collaboration, University of Adelaide Collaboration, University of New Mexico Collaboration, University of California at Los Angeles Collaboration, Rutgers University Collaboration, Montana State University Collaboration

The High Resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray observatory is used to detect and study the highest energy particles. An overview of cosmic ray physics and our detector will be presented. Flouresence light detection, calibration and atmospheric considerations along with an introduction to our data analysis will be shown.

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