2014/08/19 by S. Thoudam, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje +11 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.IM #hep-ex #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.021
10 pages, Accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods A
arxiv created 2014/08/19 · arxiv updated 2015/06/22
The measurement of the radio emission from extensive air showers, induced by high-energy cosmic rays is one of the key science projects of the LOFAR radio telescope. The LOfar Radboud air shower Array (LORA) has been installed in the core of LOFAR in the Netherlands. The main purpose of LORA is to measure the properties of air showers and to trigger the read-out of the LOFAR radio antennas to register extensive air showers. The experimental set-up of the array of scintillation detectors and its performance are described.