Search for Cosmic Particles with the Moon and LOFAR
Winchen T, Bonardi A, Buitink S, Corstanje A, Enriquez JE, Falcke H, Hörandel JR, Mitra P, Mulrey K, Nelles A, Rachen JP, Rossetto L, Schellart P, Scholten O, Thoudam S, Trinh TN, Ter Veen S (2017)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Book Volume: 135
Conference Proceedings Title: EPJ Web of Conferences
Event location: Groningen, NLD
ISBN: 9782759890156
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201713504003
Abstract
The low flux of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) at the highest energies provides a challenge to answer the long standing question about their origin and nature. A significant increase in the number of detected UHECR is expected to be achieved by employing Earth's moon as detector, and search for short radio pulses that are emitted when a particle interacts in the lunar rock. Observation of these short pulses with current and future radio telescopes also allows to search for the even lower fluxes of neutrinos with energies above 1022 eV, that are predicted in certain Grand-Unifying-Theories (GUTs), and e.g. models for super-heavy dark matter (SHDM). In this contribution we present the initial design for such a search with the LOFAR radio telescope.
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Belgium (BE)
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands (NL)
KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology
Netherlands (NL)
University of California Irvine
United States (USA) (US)
Belgium (BE)
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands (NL)
KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology
Netherlands (NL)
University of California Irvine
United States (USA) (US)
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APA:
Winchen, T., Bonardi, A., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J.E., Falcke, H.,... Ter Veen, S. (2017). Search for Cosmic Particles with the Moon and LOFAR. In Stijn Buitink, Jorg R. Horandel, Sijbrand De Jong, Robert Lahmann, Rolf Nahnhauer, Olaf Scholten (Eds.), EPJ Web of Conferences. Groningen, NLD: EDP Sciences.
MLA:
Winchen, T., et al. "Search for Cosmic Particles with the Moon and LOFAR." Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities, ARENA 2016, Groningen, NLD Ed. Stijn Buitink, Jorg R. Horandel, Sijbrand De Jong, Robert Lahmann, Rolf Nahnhauer, Olaf Scholten, EDP Sciences, 2017.
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