Energy Estimation of UHE Cosmic Rays using the Atmospheric Fluorescence Technique

Abstract

We use the CORSIKA air shower simulation program to review the method for assigning energies to ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmic rays viewed with the air fluorescence technique. This technique uses the atmosphere as a calorimeter, and we determine the corrections that must be made to the calorimetric energy to yield the primary cosmic ray energy.

16 pages, 4 figures, 1999 ICRC OG_4.5.09, accepted by Astroparticle Physics

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