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IceTop is the surface instrumentation of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. It is designed to measure extensive air showers of cosmic rays in the primary energy range from PeV to EeV. Air showers induced by heavier primary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-07 Donghwa Kang , Sally-Ann Browne , Andreas Haungs

IceTop, the km$^2$ surface array of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, is sensitive to air showers of all primary particles, including gamma rays. In particular, in the PeV energy range, the combination of IceTop and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-09 Frank G. Schröder , Federico Bontempo

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) aims at the detection of air showers induced by high-energy cosmic rays. As an extension of the Pierre Auger Observatory, it measures complementary information to the particle detectors, fluorescence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Ewa M. Holt

The Radar Echo Telescope for Cosmic Rays (RET-CR) is a recently initiated experiment designed to detect the englacial cascade of a cosmic-ray initiated air shower via in-ice radar, toward the goal of a full-scale, next-generation experiment…

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a multi-component detector at the South Pole which detects high-energy particles emerging from astrophysical events. These particles provide us with insights into the fundamental properties and behaviour…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-21 Paras Koundal , Matthias Plum , Julian Saffer

A prototype system for detecting radio pulses associated with extensive cosmic ray air showers is described. Sensitivity is compared with that in previous experiments, and lessons are noted for future studies.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Jonathan L. Rosner , Denis A. Suprun

TARA (Telescope Array Radar) is a cosmic ray radar detection experiment colocated with Telescope Array, the conventional surface scintillation detector (SD) and fluorescence telescope detector (FD) near Delta, Utah, U.S.A. The TARA detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 R. U. Abbasi , M. Abe , M. Abou Bakr Othman , T. Abu-Zayyad , M. Allen , R. Anderson , R. Azuma , E. Barcikowski , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , D. Besson , S. A. Blake , M. Byrne , R. Cady , M. J. Chae , B. G. Cheon , J. Chiba , M. Chikawa , W. R. Cho , B. Farhang-Boroujeny , T. Fujii , M. Fukushima , W. H. Gillman , T. Goto , W. Hanlon , J. C. Hanson , Y. Hayashi , N. Hayashida , K. Hibino , K. Honda , D. Ikeda , N. Inoue , T. Ishii , R. Ishimori , H. Ito , D. Ivanov , C. Jayanthmurthy , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , K. Kasahara , H. Kawai , S. Kawakami , S. Kawana , K. Kawata , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , S. Kitamura , Y. Kitamura , S. Kunwar , V. Kuzmin , Y. J. Kwon , J. Lan , S. I. Lim , J. P. Lundquist , K. Machida , K. Martens , T. Matsuda , T. Matsuyama , J. N. Matthews , M. Minamino , K. Mukai , I. Myers , K. Nagasawa , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamura , T. Nonaka , A. Nozato , S. Ogio , J. Ogura , M. Ohnishi , H. Ohoka , K. Oki , T. Okuda , M. Ono , A. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , S. Prohira , M. S. Pshirkov , A. Rezazadeh-Reyhani , D. C. Rodriguez , G. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , N. Sakurai , A. L. Sampson , L. M. Scott , D. Schurig , P. D. Shah , F. Shibata , T. Shibata , H. Shimodaira , B. K. Shin , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , R. W. Springer , B. T. Stokes , S. R. Stratton , T. A. Stroman , T. Suzawa , H. Takai , M. Takamura , M. Takeda , R. Takeishi , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , H. Tanaka , K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , H. Tokuno , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsutsumi , Y. Uchihori , S. Udo , F. Urban , G. Vasiloff , S. Venkatesh , T. Wong , R. Yamane , H. Yamaoka , K. Yamazaki , J. Yang , K. Yashiro , Y. Yoneda , S. Yoshida , H. Yoshii , R. Zollinger , Z. Zundel

We discuss the possibilities of measuring ultra-high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos with radio techniques. We review a few of the properties of radio emission from cosmic ray air showers and show how these properties can be explained by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-20 Heino Falcke , Peter Gorham

IceCube-Gen2, the next generation extension of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, offers a unique scientific potential for cosmic-ray physics at PeV to EeV energies complementing the main science case of neutrino astronomy.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-28 Frank G. Schroeder

The ARIANNA hexagonal radio array (HRA) is an experiment in its pilot phase designed to detect cosmogenic neutrinos of energies above 10^16 eV. The most neutrino-like background stems from the radio emission of air showers. This article…

The geographic South Pole provides unique opportunities to study cosmic particles in the Southern Hemisphere. It represents an optimal location to deploy large-scale neutrino telescopes in the deep Antarctic ice, such as AMANDA or IceCube.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-21 D. Soldin , P. A. Evenson , H. Kolanoski , A. A. Watson

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has discovered a diffuse astrophysical flux up to 10 PeV and is now planning a large extension with IceCube-Gen2, including an optical array and a large radio array at shallow depth [1]. Neutrino searches…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-03 Abby Bishop , Lu Lu , Albrecht Karle , Ben Hokanson-Fasig

The IceCube-Gen2 Neutrino Observatory is proposed to extend the all-flavour energy range of IceCube beyond PeV energies. It will comprise two key components: I) An enlarged 8$\,$km$^3$ in-ice optical Cherenkov array to measure the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-03 Felix Schlüter , Simona Toscano

The excellent radio frequency transparency of cold polar ice, combined with the coherent Cherenkov emission produced by neutrino-induced showers when viewed at wavelengths longer than a few centimeters, has spurred considerable interest in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 H. Landsman , L. Ruckman , G. S. Varner

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory with its 1-km^3 in-ice detector and the 1-km^2 surface detector (IceTop) constitutes a three-dimensional cosmic ray detector well suited for general cosmic ray physics. Various measurements of cosmic ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Hermann Kolanoski

The ARIANNA experiment is currently taking data in its pilot-phase on the Ross ice-shelf. Fully autonomous stations measure radio signals in the frequency range from 100 MHz to 1 GHz. The seven station HRA was completed in December 2014,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 Anna Nelles

Detection of the mostly geomagnetically generated radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers provides an alternative to air-Cherenkov and air-fluorescence detection, since it is not limited to clear nights. Like these established methods, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-20 Frank G. Schröder

A new concept for the direct measurement of muons in air showers is presented. The concept is based on resistive plate chambers (RPCs), which can directly measure muons with very good space and time resolution. The muon detector is shielded…

Surface radio antenna-based measurements of cosmic-ray air showers present significant computational challenges in accurately reconstructing physics observables, in particular, the depth of shower maximum, X$_{max}$. State-of-the-art…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-11 Paras Koundal

Machine learning is a useful tool for identifying radio pulses from cosmic-ray air showers and for cleaning such pulses from radio background. This can lower the detection threshold and increase the accuracy for the pulse time and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-28 Frank G. Schroeder , Abdul Rehman