Status of the lunar detection mode for cosmic particles of LOFAR

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: IOP Publishing Ltd

Book Volume: 1181

Conference Proceedings Title: Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Event location: Barnaul-Belokurikha, RUS

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1181/1/012077

Abstract

Cosmic particles hitting Earth's moon produce radio emission via the Askaryan effect. If the resulting radio ns-pulse can be detected by radio telescopes, this technique potentially increases the available collective area for ZeV scale particles by several orders of magnitude compared to current experiments. The LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) is the largest radio telescope operating in the optimum frequency regime for this technique. In this contribution, we report on the status of the implementation of the lunar detection mode at LOFAR.

Authors with CRIS profile

Anna Nelles

Involved external institutions

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) BE Belgium (BE) Radboud University Nijmegen NL Netherlands (NL) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen NL Netherlands (NL) 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). Status of the lunar detection mode for cosmic particles of LOFAR. In Anatoly Lagutin, Igor Moskalenko, Mikhail Panasyuk (Eds.), Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Barnaul-Belokurikha, RUS: IOP Publishing Ltd.

MLA:

Winchen, T., et al. "Status of the lunar detection mode for cosmic particles of LOFAR." Proceedings of the 26th Extended European Cosmic Ray Symposium, E+CRS 2018, Barnaul-Belokurikha, RUS Ed. Anatoly Lagutin, Igor Moskalenko, Mikhail Panasyuk, IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019.

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