A new parametrization for the radio emission of air showers applied to LOFAR data

I. Plaisier; A. Bonardi; S. Buitink; A. Corstanje; H. Falcke; B.M. Hare; J.R. Hörandel; S. de Jong; P. Mitra; K. Mulrey; A. Nelles; J. Rachen; L. Rossetto; P. Schellart; O. Scholten; S. ter Veen; S. Thoudam; T.N.G. Trinh; T. Winchen

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201921603011

All issues

Volume 216 (2019)

EPJ Web Conf., 216 (2019) 03011

Abstract

Open Access

Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 216, 2019 8^th International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities (ARENA 2018)


Article Number		03011
Number of page(s)		3
Section		Analysis Tools
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921603011
Published online		24 September 2019

EPJ Web of Conferences 216, 03011 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921603011

A new parametrization for the radio emission of air showers applied to LOFAR data

I. Plaisier¹^★, A. Bonardi¹, S. Buitink², A. Corstanje¹, H. Falcke¹^,3^,4, B.M. Hare⁵, J.R. Hörandel¹^,2^,3, S. de Jong¹^,3, P. Mitra², K. Mulrey², A. Nelles⁹^,10, J. Rachen¹, L. Rossetto¹, P. Schellart¹^,6, O. Scholten⁵^,7, S. ter Veen¹^,4, S. Thoudam¹^,8, T.N.G. Trinh⁵ and T. Winchen²

¹ IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
² Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
³ Nikhef, Science Park Amsterdam, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
⁴ Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
⁵ KVI-CART, University Groningen, P.O. Box 72, 9700 AB Groningen
⁶ Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
⁷ Interuniversity Institute for High-Energy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels Belgium
⁸ Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Lineeuniversitetet, 35195 Vaxjo Sweden
⁹ DESY, platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen Germany
¹⁰ Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Institut fur Physik, Newtonstr. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany

^★ e-mail: ilse@plaisier.nu

Published online: 24 September 2019

Abstract

The energy and mass composition of cosmic rays influence how the energy density of the radio emission of air showers is distributed on the ground. A precise description of the radio profiles can, therefore, be used to reconstruct the properties of the primary cosmic rays. Here, such a description is presented, using a separate treatment of the two radio-emission mechanisms, the geomagnetic effect and the charge excess effect. The model is parametrized as a function that depends only on the shower parameters, allowing for a precise reconstruction of the properties of the primary cosmic rays. This model is applied to cosmic-ray events measured with LOFAR and it is capable of reconstructing the properties of air showers correctly.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.