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Cosmic-ray air shower detection with the low-frequency part of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope is envisioned to yield very high precision measurements of the particle composition of cosmic rays between $10^{16}$ and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-24 A. Corstanje , S. Buitink , S. Bouma , M. Desmet , J. R. Hörandel , T. Huege , P. Laub , K. Mulrey , A. Nelles , O. Scholten , K. Terveer , S. Thoudam , K. Watanabe

LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array, is an innovative new radio telescope currently under construction in the Netherlands. With its continuous monitoring of the radio sky we expect LOFAR will detect many new transient events, including GRB…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-28 Joeri van Leeuwen , The LOFAR Transients Key Science Project

LOFAR is a new and sensitive radio interferometer that can be used for dynamic high-resolution imaging spectroscopy at low radio frequencies from 10 to 90 and 110 to 250 MHz. Here we describe its usage for observations of the Sun and in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-22 Frank Breitling , Gottfried Mann , Christian Vocks , Matthias Steinmetz , Klaus G. Strassmeier

Over the last decades, radio detection of air showers has been established as a detection technique for ultra-high-energy cosmic-rays impinging on the Earth's atmosphere with energies far beyond LHC energies. Today's second-generation of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-14 Anne Zilles , Didier Charrier , Kumiko Kotera , Sandra Le Coz , Olivier Martineau-Huynh , Clementina Medina , Valentin Niess , Matias Tueros , Krijn de Vries

High-energy cosmic rays, impinging on the atmosphere of the Earth initiate cascades of secondary particles, the extensive air showers. The electrons and positrons in the air shower emit electromagnetic radiation. This emission is detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-12 Jörg R. Hörandel , LOFAR key science project Cosmic Rays

LOFAR, the LOw-Frequency ARray, is a new-generation radio interferometer constructed in the north of the Netherlands and across europe. Utilizing a novel phased-array design, LOFAR covers the largely unexplored low-frequency range from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. P. van Haarlem , M. W. Wise , A. W. Gunst , G. Heald , J. P. McKean , J. W. T. Hessels , A. G. de Bruyn , R. Nijboer , J. Swinbank , R. Fallows , M. Brentjens , A. Nelles , R. Beck , H. Falcke , R. Fender , J. Hörandel , L. V. E. Koopmans , G. Mann , G. Miley , H. Röttgering , B. W. Stappers , R. A. M. J. Wijers , S. Zaroubi , M. van den Akker , A. Alexov , J. Anderson , K. Anderson , A. van Ardenne , M. Arts , A. Asgekar , I. M. Avruch , F. Batejat , L. Bähren , M. E. Bell , M. R. Bell , I. van Bemmel , P. Bennema , M. J. Bentum , G. Bernardi , P. Best , L. Bîrzan , A. Bonafede , A. -J. Boonstra , R. Braun , J. Bregman , F. Breitling , R. H. van de Brink , J. Broderick , P. C. Broekema , W. N. Brouw , M. Brüggen , H. R. Butcher , W. van Cappellen , B. Ciardi , T. Coenen , J. Conway , A. Coolen , A. Corstanje , S. Damstra , O. Davies , A. T. Deller , R. -J. Dettmar , G. van Diepen , K. Dijkstra , P. Donker , A. Doorduin , J. Dromer , M. Drost , A. van Duin , J. Eislöffel , J. van Enst , C. Ferrari , W. Frieswijk , H. Gankema , M. A. Garrett , F. de Gasperin , M. Gerbers , E. de Geus , J. -M. Grießmeier , T. Grit , P. Gruppen , J. P. Hamaker , T. Hassall , M. Hoeft , H. Holties , A. Horneffer , A. van der Horst , A. van Houwelingen , A. Huijgen , M. Iacobelli , H. Intema , N. Jackson , V. Jelic , A. de Jong , E. Juette , D. Kant , A. Karastergiou , A. Koers , H. Kollen , V. I. Kondratiev , E. Kooistra , Y. Koopman , A. Koster , M. Kuniyoshi , M. Kramer , G. Kuper , P. Lambropoulos , C. Law , J. van Leeuwen , J. Lemaitre , M. Loose , P. Maat , G. Macario , S. Markoff , J. Masters , D. McKay-Bukowski , H. Meijering , H. Meulman , M. Mevius , E. Middelberg , R. Millenaar , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , R. N. Mohan , J. D. Mol , J. Morawietz , R. Morganti , D. D. Mulcahy , E. Mulder , H. Munk , L. Nieuwenhuis , R. van Nieuwpoort , J. E. Noordam , M. Norden , A. Noutsos , A. R. Offringa , H. Olofsson , A. Omar , E. Orrú , R. Overeem , H. Paas , M. Pandey-Pommier , V. N. Pandey , R. Pizzo , A. Polatidis , D. Rafferty , S. Rawlings , W. Reich , J. -P. de Reijer , J. Reitsma , A. Renting , P. Riemers , E. Rol , J. W. Romein , J. Roosjen , M. Ruiter , A. Scaife , K. van der Schaaf , B. Scheers , P. Schellart , A. Schoenmakers , G. Schoonderbeek , M. Serylak , A. Shulevski , J. Sluman , O. Smirnov , C. Sobey , H. Spreeuw , M. Steinmetz , C. G. M. Sterks , H. -J. Stiepel , K. Stuurwold , M. Tagger , Y. Tang , C. Tasse , I. Thomas , S. Thoudam , M. C. Toribio , B. van der Tol , O. Usov , M. van Veelen , A. -J. van der Veen , S. ter Veen , J. P. W. Verbiest , R. Vermeulen , N. Vermaas , C. Vocks , C. Vogt , M. de Vos , E. van der Wal , R. van Weeren , H. Weggemans , P. Weltevrede , S. White , S. J. Wijnholds , T. Wilhelmsson , O. Wucknitz , S. Yatawatta , P. Zarka , A. Zensus , J. van Zwieten

This proceeding gives a summary of the current status and open questions of the radio technique for cosmic-ray air showers, assuming that the reader is already familiar with the principles. It includes recent results of selected experiments…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-20 Frank G. Schröder

LOPES (LOFAR Prototype Station) is an array of dipole antennas used for detection of radio emission from air showers. It is co-located and triggered by the KASCADE (Karlsruhe Shower Core and Array Detector) experiment, which also provides…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Petrovic , LOPES collaboration

In the last few years, radio detection of cosmic ray air showers has experienced a true renaissance, becoming manifest in a number of new experiments and simulation efforts. In particular, the LOPES project has successfully implemented…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Tim Huege , the LOPES Collaboration

Ultra-high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays produce short radio flashes through the Askaryan effect when they impact on the Moon. Earthbound radio telescopes can search the Lunar surface for these signals. A new generation of low-…

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

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is an enhancement of the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina. Covering about View the $17\,$km$^2$, AERA is the world-largest antenna array for cosmic-ray observation. It consists of more than 150…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Frank G. Schröder

Cosmic particles hitting Earth's moon produce radio emission via the Askaryan effect. If the resulting radio ns-pulse can be detected by radio telescopes, this technique potentially increases the available collective area for ZeV scale…

LOFAR, the Low-Frequency Array, is a next-generation software-driven radio telescope operating between 30 and 240MHz, currently under construction by ASTRON in the Netherlands. This low frequency radio band is one of the few largely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-11 P. N. Best , the LOFAR-UK Consortium

We present the design and science case for a new array of radio antennas to be located at the Pierre Auger Observatory. Six stations of three SKALA antennas each will be deployed around a single water-Cherenkov surface detector triggering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-04 Stef Verpoest , Frank Schroeder , Alexander Novikov , Alan Coleman , Benjamin Flaggs , Andreas Weindl , Megha Venugopal , Carmen Merx , Andreas Haungs

A new method is explored to detect extensive air showers: the measurement of radio waves emitted during the propagation of the electromagnetic shower component in the magnetic field of the Earth. Recent results of the pioneering experiment…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 J. R. Hoerandel

The LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) is used to make precise measurements of radio emission from extensive air showers, yielding information about the primary cosmic ray. Interpreting the measured data requires an absolute and…

When Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays interact with particles in the Earth's atmosphere, they produce a shower of secondary particles propagating toward the ground. LOPES-30 is an absolutely calibrated array of 30 dipole antennas investigating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. G. Isar , S. Nehls , LOPES Collaboration

The LOw FRequency ARray - LOFAR is a new radio telescope that is moving the science of radio pulsars and transients into a new phase. Its design places emphasis on digital hardware and flexible software instead of mechanical solutions.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-03 Maciej Serylak , Aris Karastergiou , Chris Williams , Wes Armour , LOFAR Pulsar Working Group