Detection of UV radiation from extensive air showers: prospects for cherenkov gamma-ray astronomy

EE Kholupenko, AM Bykov, FA Aharonyan, GI Vasiliev… - Technical Physics, 2018 - Springer
Cherenkov emission of extensive air showers (EAS) from cosmic gamma rays and cosmic-
ray protons has been modelled. Spectral density of such emission in the 240–700 nm band …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of AlF3 thin films grown by thermal and plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition

DC Messina, BS Eller, PA Scowen… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Films of aluminum fluoride (AlF 3) deposited by thermal and plasma enhanced atomic layer
deposition (PEALD) have been compared using in situ multiwavelength ellipsometry (MWE) …

New far-UV instrumentation enabled by recent advances in mirror coating processes

EM Witt, BT Fleming, K France… - … 2018: Ultraviolet to …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Recent technological advances have opened up new instrument capabilities for ultraviolet
(UV) astronomy. Of particular interest are advanced deposition processes that have …

Регистрация ультрафиолетового излучения широких атмосферных ливней: перспективы для черенковской гамма-астрономии

ЕЕ Холупенко, АМ Быков, ФА Агаронян… - Журнал технической …, 2018 - mathnet.ru
Представлены результаты моделирования черенковского излучения широких
атмосферных ливней (ШАЛ), порожденных космическими гамма-квантами и протонами …

Retardation of the oxidation of aluminum thin films in low-oxygen and cryogenic environments

SM Hart, DK Smith, DD Allred - Advances in Optical and …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Aluminum is the best choice of material for broadband mirrors. However, once an oxide
layer forms on the surface of the mirrors the reflectance in the far ultraviolet range …

Methods for Characterizing Thin Film Reflective Mirror Coatings for Next-Generation Astronomical Instruments

J Wiley - scholar.colorado.edu
This thesis presents the design, theory of use, and calibration of a semi-automated vacuum
ultraviolet reflectivity chamber. This chamber will be used to establish the initial reflectivity …