Measuring temporal characteristics of the Cherenkov radiation signal from extensive air showers of cosmic rays with a wide field-of-view telescope addendum to the Yakutsk array

Abstract

A wide field-of-view Cherenkov telescope has been working in the surroundings of the Yakutsk array experiment since 2012. Its main function is to measure the waveform of the Cherenkov radiation signal induced by extensive air showers of cosmic rays. Analysis of the dataset collected by telescope is intended for the reconstruction of the parameters of the development of the shower in addition to the main shower characteristics measured by the rest of the array detectors. In this paper, the observed duration of the Cherenkov radiation signal as a function of the shower core distance is used to estimate the depth of the shower maximum in a different way, based on the results of model simulations.

arXiv comment9 pages, 12 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D

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