Expansion of the LOFAR radboud air shower array
Mulrey K, Bonardi A, Buitink S, Corstanje A, Falcke H, Hare BM, Hörandel JR, Mitra P, Nelles A, Rachen JP, Rossetto L, Schellart P, Scholten O, Ter Veen S, Thoudam S, Trinh TN, Winchen T (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
The LOFAR Radboud Air Shower Array (LORA) consists of 20 plastic scintillators and is situated at the core of the LOFAR radio telescope. LORA detects particles from extensive air showers and triggers the read-out of the LOFAR antennas. The dense LOFAR antenna spacing allows for detailed sampling of the radio emission generated in extensive air showers, which yields high precision reconstruction of cosmic ray properties and information about the shower development. We discuss the proposed expansion of LORA, including the addition of scintillator units and the implementation of triggering algorithms that will probe more details of the radio emission and detect lower energy showers without introducing a composition bias, which is important for studying the origin of cosmic rays.
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Involved external institutions
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:
Mulrey, K., Bonardi, A., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Falcke, H., Hare, B.M.,... Winchen, T. (2017). Expansion of the LOFAR radboud air shower array. In Proceedings of Science. Bexco, Busan, KOR: Sissa Medialab Srl.
MLA:
Mulrey, K., et al. "Expansion of the LOFAR radboud air shower array." Proceedings of the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2017, Bexco, Busan, KOR Sissa Medialab Srl, 2017.
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