Radio detection of air showers with LOFAR and AERA

Abstract

High-energy cosmic rays impinging onto the atmosphere of the Earth initiate extensive air showers. With the LOFAR radio telescope and the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) at the Pierre Auger Observatory radio emission from air showers is detected. Recent results are presented from both experiments. The measured properties of the radio emission are described. The measurements are used to derive the properties of high-energy cosmic rays: their arrival direction, energy, and particle type (mass).

Proceedings of the UHECR14 Conference on ultra high-energy cosmic rays, Springdale, Utah, 2014 - http://uhecr2014.telescopearray.org/

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