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Measurement of the radiation energy in the radio signal of extensive air showers as a universal estimator of cosmic-ray energy

Alaa Kuotb AwadBenoît RevenuJames MatthewsAlexandra SaftoiuAlberto FilevichPeter HansenPeter HansenIvan De MitriIvan De MitriI. Lhenry-yvonJohn MatthewsPeter BuchholzPhilipp PapenbreerPetr TravnicekH. WahlbergH. WahlbergA. NellesR. PiegaiaR. PiegaiaI.m. BrancusAlan ColemanT. HebbekerTrent D. GrubbD. HuberMarco AgliettaEun-joo AhnS. VorobiovK. WeidenhauptE.m. HoltB. WundheilerA. SalehA. ParraR. J. LauerJuan Manuel FigueiraS. JansenBruno DanielMaria-teresa DovaFoteini OikonomouM. R. HampelPeter MazurJ. SorokinMarcelo Augusto Leigui De OliveiraSarka WykesR. MeissnerOctavian FratuG. ParenteM. TriniRoberta ColalilloRoberta ColalilloO. WainbergC. BleveP. PieroniP. PieroniS. MüllerVincenzo RiziNicusor ArseneJulian RautenbergV. B. B. MelloK. H. BeckerA. G. MariazziA. G. MariazziEric MayotteJeffrey A. JohnsenSven QuerchfeldL. PerroneL. PerroneR. C. ShellardW. DoctersCarlos HojvatErnesto KempXavier BertouLuis Del PeralUgo GiaccariHenryk WilczyńskiJ. J. BeattyNorbert KunkaD. NitzSilvia MollerachD. LebrunS. QuinnSjoert Van VelzenPrimo F. Gómez VitaleR. SatoS. CoutuNorberto FazziniAntonio BuenoAntonio InsoliaAntonio InsoliaM. JosebachuiliGualberto AvilaIngomar AllekotteG. MatthiaeAngela V. OlintoO. KambeitzM. AmbrosioEva SantosR. KrauseJose Sanabria GomezM. ZavrtanikM. ZavrtanikFred SarazinLukas NellenB. CaccianigaJulien AublinA. ShadkamAmin AminaeiRafael Alves BatistaJakub VichaPedro AssisPedro AssisRadomir SmidaDiego HarariB. GookinP. H. NguyenAlberto EtchegoyenDarius ReinertLorenzo CaccianigaLorenzo CaccianigaV. M. TheodoroTobias WinchenD. MartelloD. MartelloKaren S. Caballero-moraMichael UngerMichael UngerD. MeloLuca LatronicoGuenter SiglD. Garcia-pintoAlessio GorgiAlessio GorgiPaul SommersA. BlancoA. BlancoM. J. CooperS. StaničCarlos MedinaTanguy PierogMariano Gómez BerissoD. RogozinAlejandro AlmelaE. M. SantosP. HeimannFlorian GatéJ. R. VázquezCarla BonifaziBernardo Vargas CárdenasA. C. RoveroB. TomeB. TomeMarco GiammarchiMarco GiammarchiD. Garcia-gamezJ. W. H. GordonJose A. BellidoL. NiemietzS. HartmannMartin ErdmannJan PękalaHans KlagesA. ChiavassaA. ChiavassaP. Sanchez-lucasVitor De SouzaBruce R. DawsonTim HuegeCarola DobrigkeitM. PlumP. AbreuMiguel MostafáC. PorowskiS. SonntagMarkus RisseChristian Sarmiento-canoB. VlcekDariusz GlasDiego RavignaniO. A. TabordaM. SettimoM. SettimoM. BlancoM. BlancoMário PimentaMário PimentaGregory R SnowPablo RistoriP. H. KasperGaetano SalinaGaetano SalinaMaria Rita ColucciaMaria Rita ColucciaYogendra N. SrivastavaAlan WatsonGlennys R. FarrarC. JarneC. JarneA. ŚMiałkowskiAndreas WeindlJaime RosadoR. CesterAlina Mihaela BadescuF. SánchezN. AwalBeatriz GarcíaJeffrey BrackOlaf ScholtenHumberto Ibarguen SalazarJ. W. CroninHarald SchielerAntoine Letessier SelvonAntoine Letessier-selvonC. AramoC. AramoB. MitricaHeino FalckeHeino FalckeNicolás GonzálezMihai Niculescu-oglinzanuJonny KleinfellerK. LouedecArnulfo ZepedaArmando Di MatteoG. CoccioloG. CoccioloRoger W ClayR. LópezM. MallamaciM. MallamaciF. G. SchröderMary Lucia Díaz CastroDenise BoncioliJiri ChudobaP. LebrunAlex KääpäAlberto SegretoG. TomaBenedikt ZimmermannRúben ConceiçãoR. VasquezDusan MandatColin BausDarko VeberičD. MartraireOscar Martínez BravoMiroslav HrabovskýT. YapiciAlexey YushkovG. A. AnastasiPascal LautridouW. R. CarvalhoDieter HeckMartin UrbanG. S. VarnerNataliia BorodaiToshihiro FujiiA. MenshikovC. MorelloC. MorelloJaroslaw StasielakLuis A. AnchordoquiMarkus RothN. GriffithS. G. BlaessNiraj DhitalJörg R. HörandelThomas HarrisonJaime De OliveiraI. ValiñoH. BlümerMax MalacariLili YangLaura ValoreLaura ValoreL. LopesL. LopesLukas MiddendorfCorinne BeratPiotr HomolaLawrence WienckeFausto GuarinoFausto GuarinoA. FilipčičA. AabJohannes SchumacherJ. NeuserAlex TapiaChristine PetersAd M. Van Den BergJuan PallottaS. Le CozJaime Alvarez-muñizAlexandru Gherghel-lascuMauricio Suaréz DuránPetr SchovanekL. CarameteRita Dos AnjosJoão De Mello NetoH. GemmekePeter L. BiermannSergio SciuttoSergio SciuttoL. OchiloT. SuomijärviKarl-heinz KampertAntonella CastellinaAntonella CastellinaM. I. MichelettiFederico SuarezA. SchulzJ. StapletonL. Molina-buenoQ. HasankiadehL. TomankovaF. ArquerosP. NecesalDaniel Pakk Selmi-deiImen Al SamaraiMartina BohacovaDavid WalzJohannes SchulzRuben SquartiniPaolo PriviteraF. DiogoF. DiogoJuan Carlos D'olivoPatrick Van BodegomEsteban RouletPatrick AllisonI. A. MinayaHernán AsoreyHernán AsoreyJohn SwainThomas BretzR.r. PradoHarm SchoorlemmerJohn L. HartonT. PaulT. PaulA. LuceroJan RidkyMarc WeberF. WernerKatrin LinkDenis StancaGuus Van AarD. MaurizioA. P. FergusonCorbin E. CovaultY. PetrovGeraldina GolupAlexander GrilloZbigniew SzadkowskiAlessio PorcelliJ. C. DiazRodrigo PelayoStijn BuitinkN. HollonOlivier RavelC. A. MouraJose F. Valdés GaliciaBrian FickLino MiramontiLino MiramontiLuis A. NunezM. BuscemiM. BuscemiC. ScarsoC. WellingMarcus NiechciolV. NovotnyArjen Van VlietA. StutzE. VarelaRossella CarusoRossella CarusoS. MathysM. ErfaniEduardo QuelHenry GlassMichael SutherlandFrancisco Salesa GreusGuillermo Torralba ElipePiera Luisa GhiaPiera Luisa GhiaI. JandtOctavian SimaManuel PlatinoM. D. Rodríguez-fríasM. SchauerN. PachecoTim NiggemannD. NosekJan EbrV. ScheriniV. ScheriniJimmy Masías MezaM. CandussoPeter GorhamValerio PirronelloValerio PirronelloCharles TimmermansL. CollicaL. CollicaSergio PetreraPaul M. MantschMiroslav PalatkaJesus Alvarez CastilloJ. BlazekGustavo Medina-tancoAnderson FauthVincent MarinRogerio M. De AlmeidaM. E. BertainaM. E. BertainaB. SarkarChristian GlaserS. MessinaClaudio Di GiulioClaudio Di GiulioL. NožkaJ. EspadanalJ. EspadanalDiego Torres MachadoPaula Gina IsarPedro BrogueiraPedro BrogueiraG. CataldiG. CataldiSergio DassoMartín Miguel FreireP. BilloirP. BilloirAida López CasadoCarlos J. Todero PeixotoG. MarsellaG. MarsellaDaniel KuempelCarlos EscobarCarlos EscobarR.m. KieckhaferIuri Muniz PepeMaria GillerHermann-josef MathesA. CordierIvone F. M. AlbuquerqueKe FangGašper Kukec MezekI. KatkovRichard DallierFrancesca ZuccarelloK. DaumillerMaurice StephanM. ZiolkowskiA. TonachiniA. TonachiniA.e. HerveF. MontanetJ. MallerV. VerziV. VerziDavid SchmidtS. Sánchez NavasJose ChinellatoLorenzo CazonLorenzo CazonIoana Codrina MarisRicardo VázquezGiuseppe De MauroG. C. HillRalph EngelAndreas HaungsM. VidelaA. Daniel SupanitskyMatthias KleifgesH. MartinezDavid WittkowskiGermano GuedesDanielle LahurdOlivier DelignyMarcio Aparecido MullerMarcio Aparecido MullerA. DorofeevL. VillaseñorMarco CilmoMarco CilmoJorge Rubén Rodriguez RojoA. BridgemanE. PetermannS. J. SaffiMarkus LauscherJ. PhuntsokRaul SarmentoRaul SarmentoM. ProuzaBianca KeilhauerA. G. ChavezEnrique ZasSijbrand J. De JongFernando ContrerasN. KrohmMiroslav PechR. UlrichPavel HorvathP. GouffonAllan WidomDanilo ZavrtanikDanilo ZavrtanikGero MüllerSofia AndringaSofia AndringaA. Tepe

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Ciencias FísicasAstronomyGeneral Physics and Astronomyultra-high energy cosmic raysAstrophysics01 natural sciencesHigh Energy Physics - Experiment//purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https]High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)CODALEMAObservatory[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.dictionariesencyclopediasglossaries)High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)PhysicsRange (particle radiation)Radio detectorTUNKA-REXSettore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleDetectorAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsRadio TechniqueFísica nuclearAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysicsradio emissionCIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTASRadio wave[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE][PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesCosmic rayAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsPhysics and Astronomy (all)0103 physical sciencesextensive air showersHigh Energy Physicsultra-high energy cosmic rays extensive air showers radio emission010306 general physicsInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Cosmic raysPierre Auger Observatory010308 nuclear & particles physicsRadiant energyFísicaLOFAR//purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https]LOFARASTROFÍSICASIMULATIONSComputational physicsAstronomíaCOREASExperimental High Energy PhysicsARRAYEMISSION SIMULATIONS LOFAR.EMISSION

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We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of 15.8±0.7(stat)±6.7(syst) MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from state-of-the-art first-principles calculations shows agreement with our measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.

10.1103/physrevlett.116.241101