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Ballooning Spiders: The Case for Electrostatic Flight
Peter W. Gorham
We consider general aspects of the physics underlying the flight of Gossamer spiders, also known as ballooning spiders. We show that existing observations and the physics of spider…
Particle Astrophysics in NASA's Long Duration Balloon Program
Peter W. Gorham
A century after Victor Hess' discovery of cosmic rays, balloon flights still play a central role in the investigation of cosmic rays over nearly their entire spectrum. We report on…
An Interferometric Analysis Method for Radio Impulses from Ultra-high Energy Particle Showers
A. Romero-Wolf, S. Hoover, A. Vieregg +2
We present an interferometric technique for the reconstruction of ultra-wide band impulsive signals from point sources. This highly sensitive method was developed for the search fo…
Concept and Analysis of a Satellite for Space-based Radio Detection of Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays
Andrew Romero-Wolf, Peter Gorham, Kurt Liewer +2
We present a concept for on-orbit radio detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) that has the potential to provide collection rates of ~100 events per year for energies…
Antarctic Radio Frequency Albedo and Implications for Cosmic Ray Reconstruction
D. Z. Besson, J. Stockham, M. Sullivan +42
From an elevation of ~38 km, the balloon-borne ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is designed to detect the up-coming radio frequency (RF) signal resulting from a sub-su…