LOPES 3D reconfiguration and first measurements
Abstract
The Radio detection technique of high-energy cosmic rays is based on the radio signal emitted by the charged particles in an air shower due to their deflection in the Earth's magnetic field. The LOPES experiment at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany with its simple dipoles made major contributions to the revival of this technique. LOPES is working in the frequency range from 40 to 80 MHz and was reconfigured several times to improve and further develop the radio detection technique. In the current setup LOPES consists of 10 tripole antennas which measure the complete electric field vector of the radio emission from cosmic rays. LOPES is the first experiment measuring all three vectorial components at once and thereby gaining the full information about the electric field vector and not only a two-dimensional projection. Such a setup including also measurements of the vertical electric field component is expected to increase the sensitivity to inclined showers and help to advance the understanding of the emission mechanism. We present the reconfiguration and calibration procedure of LOPES 3D and discuss first measurements.
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@article{arxiv.1303.7070,
title = {LOPES 3D reconfiguration and first measurements},
author = {D. Huber and W. D. Apel and J. C. Arteaga and L. Bähren and K. Bekk and M. Bertaina and P. L. Biermann and J. Blümer and H. Bozdog and I. M. Brancus and P. Buchholz and E. Cantoni and A. Chiavassa and K. Daumiller and V. de Souza and F. Di Pierro and P. Doll and R. Engel and H. Falcke and M. Finger and B. Fuchs and D. Fuhrmann and H. Gemmeke and C. Grupen and A. Haungs and D. Heck and J. R. Hörandel and A. Horneffer and T. Huege and P. G. Isar and K. -H. Kampert and D. Kang and O. Krömer and J. Kuijpers and K. Link and P. Luczak and M. Ludwig and H. J. Mathes and M. Melissas and C. Morello and J. Oehlschläger and N. Palmieri and T. Pierog and J. Rautenberg and H. Rebel and M. Roth and C. Rühle and A. Saftoiu and H. Schieler and A. Schmidt and F. G. Schröder and O. Sima and G. Toma and G. C. Trinchero and A. Weindl and J. Wochele and M. Wommer and J. Zabierowski and J. A. Zensus},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.7070},
year = {2013}
}
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