Cosmic ray observations with the Square Kilometre Array

Buitink S, Bouma S, Bray J, Corstanje A, Desmet M, Falcke H, Hare BM, Hörandel JR, Huege T, James CW, Karastathis N, Laub P, Mulrey K, Nelles A, Scholten O, Spencer R, Terveer K, Turekova P, Thoudam S, Trinh G, ter Veen S, Waterson M (2024)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 470

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Chicago, IL, USA

Abstract

The low-frequency part of the SKA, to be built in Australia, will have an extremely high antenna density of roughly 60,000 antennas within one square kilometer, and is the perfect site for high-resolution studies of air showers. Individual showers will be observed with thousands of antennas simultaneously. The depth of shower maximum Xmax can be reconstructed with a resolution of 10 g/cm² using methods currently used by LOFAR and the Pierre Auger Observatory. However, the high-resolution SKA data allows the development of new methods that can reconstruct more features of the longitudinal development of air showers, such as the shower length or double-bump profiles. This allows new constraints on both the mass composition and hadronic shower physics. Here we discuss the status of the SKA cosmic-ray program and simulation studies of its capabilities.

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Involved external institutions

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Belgium (BE) University of Manchester United Kingdom (GB) Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands (NL) Astron Netherlands (NL) Curtin University Australia (AU) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany (DE) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR) / جامعة خليفة United Arab Emirates (AE) Can Tho University / Trường Đại học Cần Thơ Viet Nam (VN) SKA Observatory United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Buitink, S., Bouma, S., Bray, J., Corstanje, A., Desmet, M., Falcke, H.,... Waterson, M. (2024). Cosmic ray observations with the Square Kilometre Array. In Proceedings of Science. Chicago, IL, USA: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Buitink, S., et al. "Cosmic ray observations with the Square Kilometre Array." Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities, ARENA 2024, Chicago, IL, USA Sissa Medialab Srl, 2024.

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