•L. Perrone^1,2, C.K. Guerard¹ und M. Risse³ für die Auger-Kollaboration
¹Universität Karlsruhe, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe
²Partially supported by BMBF-Verbundforschung
³Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe

High-energy cosmic rays ( > 10¹⁸ eV) can be detected by the observation of fluorescence light emitted by atmospheric nitrogen molecules. The energy reconstruction of the primary particle requires a reliable estimate of the Cerenkov light contamination in the observed signal. A preliminary study of Cerenkov light profiles as received at the telescopes is presented for some hybrid events measured during the Auger prototype phase from December 2001 to April 2002. For this study, the Cerenkov photon angular distribution to shower axis is extracted from CORSIKA-simulated showers.