Published 2013
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Journal article
Air microwave yield (AMY): an experiment for measuring the GHz emission from air shower plasma
- 1. Departamento De Fisica de Particulas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, (Spain)
- 2. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - Prague, (Czech Republic)
- 3. INFN, Sezione di Lecce - Lecce, (Italy)
Description
The AMY experiment aim is to measure and characterize the microwave emission from plasmas induced in air by an electron beam. The study of this phenomenon could provide the development of new techniques for detecting high-energy cosmic rays over large area with a 100% duty cycle. We present the results of a first test beam done at the electron Beam Test Facility (BTF) of the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF, Roma Italy) in November 2011. The measurements were performed with an electron beam of 510MeV energy. A frequency range between 1 and 20 GHz has been investigated.
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuovo Cimento. C (Print)
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 134-138
- ISSN
- 2037-4909
Conference
- Title
- colloquia on high energy physics
- Acronym
- IFAE 2012
- Dates
- 11-13 Apr 2012
- Place
- Ferrara (Italy)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- Italy
- INIS RN
- 44084469
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BOLOMETERS; COSMIC RADIATION; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIO TELESCOPES
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTENNAS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATIONS; RADIO EQUIPMENT; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS; TELESCOPES