利用 LOFAR 射电望远镜探测宇宙射线
天体物理仪器与方法
2014-06-27 v1 高能天体物理现象
摘要
低频阵列 (LOFAR) 是首台设计用于在干涉观测的同时测量宇宙射线诱导空气簇射所产生的射电辐射的射电望远镜。在最初的约 观测中，在 频段内探测到了 405 个能量范围为 的宇宙射线事件。每个空气簇射均由多达 个独立天线记录，从而以前所未有的细节测量了射电辐射。本文描述了该数据集及分析流程，并作为基于这些数据未来论文的参考。文中解释了在每个天线位置完全重建电场所需的所有步骤，包括去除射频干扰、校正天线响应以及识别脉冲信号。
引用
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journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.1399},
year = {2014}
}