Advanced functionality for radio analysis in the Offline software framework of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2015-03-17 v2
Abstract
The advent of the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) necessitates the development of a powerful framework for the analysis of radio measurements of cosmic ray air showers. As AERA performs "radio-hybrid" measurements of air shower radio emission in coincidence with the surface particle detectors and fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory, the radio analysis functionality had to be incorporated in the existing hybrid analysis solutions for fluoresence and surface detector data. This goal has been achieved in a natural way by extending the existing Auger Offline software framework with radio functionality. In this article, we lay out the design, highlights and features of the radio extension implemented in the Auger Offline framework. Its functionality has achieved a high degree of sophistication and offers advanced features such as vectorial reconstruction of the electric field, advanced signal processing algorithms, a transparent and efficient handling of FFTs, a very detailed simulation of detector effects, and the read-in of multiple data formats including data from various radio simulation codes. The source code of this radio functionality can be made available to interested parties on request.
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@article{arxiv.1101.4473,
title = {Advanced functionality for radio analysis in the Offline software framework of the Pierre Auger Observatory},
author = {The Pierre Auger Collaboration and P. Abreu and M. Aglietta and E. J. Ahn and I. F. M. Albuquerque and D. Allard and I. Allekotte and J. Allen and P. Allison and J. Alvarez Castillo and J. Alvarez-Muñiz and M. Ambrosio and A. Aminaei and L. Anchordoqui and S. Andringa and T. Antičić and C. Aramo and E. Arganda and F. Arqueros and H. Asorey and P. Assis and J. Aublin and M. Ave and M. Avenier and G. Avila and T. Bäcker and M. Balzer and K. B. Barber and A. F. Barbosa and R. Bardenet and S. L. C. Barroso and B. Baughman and J. J. Beatty and B. R. Becker and K. H. Becker and J. A. Bellido and S. BenZvi and C. Berat and X. Bertou and P. L. Biermann and P. Billoir and F. Blanco and M. Blanco and C. Bleve and H. Blümer and M. Boháčová and D. Boncioli and C. Bonifazi and R. Bonino and N. Borodai and J. Brack and P. Brogueira and W. C. Brown and R. Bruijn and P. Buchholz and A. Bueno and R. E. Burton and K. S. Caballero-Mora and L. Caramete and R. Caruso and A. Castellina and G. 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journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.4473},
year = {2015}
}
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accepted for publication in NIM A, 13 pages, minor corrections to author list and references in v2