Measuring chemical composition and particle cross-section of ultra-high energy cosmic rays by a ground radio array

2013/12/02 by K. Belov, Konstantin Belov, Belov, Konstantin
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Neutrino Physics Research #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Space Technology and Applications #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1312.0382

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Abstract

We present a technique to measure chemical composition and particle cross-section of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using radio data. We relate the geometry of the radio footprint on the ground to the depth of the extensive air shower maximum. We suggest to use the spectral information of the radio signal to improve the shower maximum reconstruction by minimum number of antennas on the ground.

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