Cosmic ray physics with the LOFAR radio telescope

Winchen T, Bonardi A, Buitink S, Corstanje A, Falcke H, Hare BM, Hörandel JR, Mitra P, Mulrey K, Nelles A, Rachen JP, Rossetto L, Schellart P, Scholten O, Ter Veen S, Thoudam S, Trinh TN (2019)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing

Book Volume: 1181

Conference Proceedings Title: Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Event location: Barnaul-Belokurikha, RUS

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1181/1/012020

Abstract

The LOFAR radio telescope is able to measure the radio emission from cosmic ray induced air showers with hundreds of individual antennas. This allows for precision testing of the emission mechanisms for the radio signal as well as determination of the depth of shower maximum X max, the shower observable most sensitive to the mass of the primary cosmic ray, to better than 20 g cm-2. With a densely instrumented circular area of roughly 320 m2, LOFAR is targeting for cosmic ray astrophysics in the energy range 1016-1018 eV. In this contribution we give an overview of the status, recent results, and future plans of cosmic ray detection with the LOFAR radio telescope.

Authors with CRIS profile

Anna Nelles

Involved external institutions

Radboud University Nijmegen NL Netherlands (NL) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen NL Netherlands (NL) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) BE Belgium (BE) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Winchen, T., Bonardi, A., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Falcke, H., Hare, B.M.,... Trinh, T.N. (2019). Cosmic ray physics with the LOFAR radio telescope. In Anatoly Lagutin, Igor Moskalenko, Mikhail Panasyuk (Eds.), Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Barnaul-Belokurikha, RUS: Institute of Physics Publishing.

MLA:

Winchen, T., et al. "Cosmic ray physics with the LOFAR radio telescope." Proceedings of the 26th Extended European Cosmic Ray Symposium, E+CRS 2018, Barnaul-Belokurikha, RUS Ed. Anatoly Lagutin, Igor Moskalenko, Mikhail Panasyuk, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2019.

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