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Calibration of Photomultiplier Tubes for the Fluorescence Detector of Telescope Array Experiment using a Rayleigh Scattered Laser Beam
We performed photometric calibration of the PhotoMultiplier Tube (PMT) and
readout electronics used for the new fluorescence detectors of the Telescope
Array (TA) experiment using Rayleigh scattered photons from a pulsed nitrogen
laser beam. The experimental setup, measurement procedure, and results of
calibration are described. The total systematic uncertainty of the calibration
is estimated to be 7.2%. An additional uncertainty of 3.7% is introduced by the
transport of the calibrated PMTs from the laboratory to the TA experimental
site.Comment: 43 pages, 15 figure