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We propose a new way to observe cosmic-ray-induced air showers by imaging the radio emission. With simulations we demonstrate key features for imaging the radio-wave emission from air showers, which show similarities to the well-established…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-18 Juan Ammerman-Yebra , Harm Schoorlemmer , Anne Timmermans , Sebastian Achim Mueller

LOFAR, the "low-frequency array", will be one of the first in a new generation of radio telescopes and Square Kilometer Array (SKA) pathfinders that are highly flexible in capability because they are largely software driven. LOFAR will not…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-10 J. W. T. Hessels , B. W. Stappers , J. van Leeuwen , LOFAR Transients Key Science Project

We investigate the possibility of detecting extensive air showers by the radar technique. Considering a bistatic radar system and different shower geometries, we simulate reflection of radio waves off the static plasma produced by the…

Over the next few years the new radio telescopes, such as the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) will greatly enhance our knowledge of the active history of the Universe. Large-area surveys with these new telescopes will no longer be dominated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matt J. Jarvis

Since 2002, the CODALEMA experiment located within the Nan\c{c}ay Radio Observatory studies the ultra-high energy cosmic rays (above 10^{17} eV) arriving in the Earth atmosphere. These cosmic rays interact with the component of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-08 Antony Escudie , Richard Dallier , Didier Charrier , Daniel García-Fernández , Alain Lecacheux , Lilian Martin , Benoît Revenu

A particle detection system that exploits the scintillation light produced by ionizing particles in liquid argon (LAr) has been assembled at CERN. The system is based on 10 large-area photomultiplier tubes (PMT) immersed in a 1500-liter…

Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory(LHAASO) is a composite cosmic ray observatory consisting of three detector arrays: kilometer square array (KM2A) which includes the electromagnetic detector array and muon detector array, water…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-22 L. Q. Yin , S. S. Zhang , Z. Cao , B. Y. Bi , C. Wang , J. L. Liu , L. L. Ma , M. J. Yang , Tiina Suomijarvi , Y. Zhang , Z. Y. You , Z. Z Zong

Aims: This paper discusses the spectral occupancy for performing radio astronomy with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), with a focus on imaging observations. Methods: We have analysed the radio-frequency interference (RFI) situation in two…

The principle and performances of the CODALEMA experimental device, set up to study the possibility of high energy cosmic rays radio detection, are presented. Radio transient signals associated to cosmic rays have been identified, for which…

The next generation of radio surveys is going to be transformative for cosmology and other aspects of our understanding of astrophysics. Realistic simulations of radio observations are essential for the design and planning of radio surveys.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-30 Tobias Vičánek Martínez , Henrik W. Edler , Marcus Brüggen

A new air shower experiment of the Alborz Observatory, Alborz-I, located at the Sharif University of Technology, Iran, will be constructed in near future. An area of about 30$\times$40 m$^{2}$ will be covered by 20 plastic scintillation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-31 Yousef Pezeshkian , Mahmud Bahmanabadi , Mehdi Abbasian Motlagh , Masoume Rezaie

ALTO is a wide field-of-view air shower detector array for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, proposed to be installed in the Southern Hemisphere at an altitude of about 5.1 km above sea level. The array will use water Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-04 Satyendra Thoudam , Yvonne Becherini , Michael Punch

Some performances of the present CODALEMA experiment, set up to analyse radio-detected Extensive Air Shower (EAS) events, are presented. Characteristics of the EAS electric field distribution sampled on a 600~m long axis are discussed.

GRANDProto300 is a 300-antenna prototype array of the envisioned GRAND (Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection) project. The goal of GRANDProto300 is to detect radio signals emitted by cosmic ray-induced air showers, with energies ranging…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Kai-Kai Duan , Peng-Xiong Ma , Ke-Wen Zhang , Xiao-Yuan Huang , Yi Zhang

A laser calibration system was developed for monitoring and calibrating time of flight (TOF) scintillating detector arrays. The system includes setups for both small- and large-scale scintillator arrays. Following test-bench…

Initial results of a project to detect the radio-frequency pulse associated with extensive air showers of cosmic rays are described briefly. This work is being performed at the CASA/MIA array in Utah, with the intention of designing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Jonathan L. Rosner , John F. Wilkerson

The LOw Frequency ARray, LOFAR, will have the sensitivity, bandwidth, frequency range and processing power to revolutionise low-frequency pulsar studies. We present results of simulations that indicate that a LOFAR survey will find…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. W. Stappers , A. G. J. van Leeuwen , M. Kramer , D. Stinebring , J. Hessels

Current and future astronomical survey facilities provide a remarkably rich opportunity for transient astronomy, combining unprecedented fields of view with high sensitivity and the ability to access previously unexplored wavelength…

We have developed an atmospheric monitoring system for the Telescope Array experiment at Akeno Observatory. It consists of a Nd:YAG laser with an alt-azimuth shooting system and a small light receiver. This system is installed inside an air…