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SEVERAL authors1–4 have shown that Čerenkov light from extensive air showers in the atmosphere can be detected above the background light of the night sky, and that a single photomultiplier can be used for detecting showers of about 1015-eV. primary energy at distances up to 600 m. from the shower axis.
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HILL, D., PORTER, N. Photography of Čerenkov Light from Extensive Air Showers in the Atmosphere. Nature 191, 690 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191690a0
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