Published May 1, 2015 | Version v1
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The radio emission pattern of air showers as measured with LOFAR—a tool for the reconstruction of the energy and the shower maximum

Creators

  • 1. Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen (Netherlands)
  • 2. Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 3. KVI-CART, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 72, 9700 AB Groningen (Netherlands)

Description

The pattern of the radio emission of air showers is finely sampled with the Low-Frequency ARray (LOFAR). A set of 382 measured air showers is used to test a fast, analytic parameterization of the distribution of pulse powers. Using this parameterization we are able to reconstruct the shower axis and give estimators for the energy of the air shower as well as the distance to the shower maximum

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/05/018

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1475-7516/2015/05/018;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2015
Journal Issue
05
Journal Page Range
p. 018
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47096777
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DISTANCE; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; PHOTON EMISSION; PULSES
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; EMISSION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS