Overview and status of the lunar detection of cosmic particles with 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 (2017)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science
Event location: Bexco, Busan, KOR
Abstract
When a cosmic particle hits matter it produces radio emission via the Askaryan effect. This allows to use Earth's moon as detector for cosmic particles by searching for these ns-pulses with radio telescopes. This technique potentially increases the available collective area 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 corresponding searches. In this contribution, we report on the design and status of the implementation of the lunar detection mode at LOFAR.
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Belgium (BE)
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands (NL)
University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Netherlands (NL)
Belgium (BE)
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands (NL)
University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Netherlands (NL)
How to cite
APA:
Winchen, T., Bonardi, A., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Falcke, H., Hare, B.M.,... Trinh, T.N. (2017). Overview and status of the lunar detection of cosmic particles with LOFAR. In Proceedings of Science. Bexco, Busan, KOR: Sissa Medialab Srl.
MLA:
Winchen, T., et al. "Overview and status of the lunar detection of cosmic particles with LOFAR." Proceedings of the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2017, Bexco, Busan, KOR Sissa Medialab Srl, 2017.
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