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A prototype system for detecting the radio-frequency pulse associated with cosmic ray air showers

Astrophysics 2014-10-13 v4 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The development of a system to detect the radio-frequency (RF) pulse associated with extensive air showers of cosmic rays is described. This work was performed at the CASA/MIA array in Utah, with the intention of designing equipment that can be used in conjunction with the Auger Giant Array. A small subset of data (less than 40 out of a total of 600 hours of running time), taken under low-noise conditions, permitted upper limits to be placed on the rate for pulses accompanying showers of energies around 101710^{17} eV.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0205046,
  title  = {A prototype system for detecting the radio-frequency pulse associated with cosmic ray air showers},
  author = {Kevin Green and Jonathan L. Rosner and Denis A. Suprun and J. F. Wilkerson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0205046},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

53 pages, LaTeX, 19 figures, published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods. Revised version; some references updated