Results of a self-triggered prototype system for radio-detection of extensive air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Results of a self-triggered prototype system for radio-detection of extensive air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

S Acounis D Charrier T Garçon C Rivière P Stassi Pierre Auger Collaboration P Abreu M Aglietta M Ahlers E. J. Ahn I. F. M. Albuquerque I Allekotte J Allen P Allison A Almela J Alvarezcastillo J Alvarez Muñiz R Alves Batista M Ambrosio A Aminaei L Anchordoqui S Andringa T Antičić C Aramo F Arqueros H Asorey P Assis J Aublin M Ave M Avenier G Avila A. M. Badescu K. B. Barber A. F. Barbosa R Bardenet B Baughman J Bäuml C Baus J. J. Beatty K. H. Becker A Bellétoile J. A. Bellido S Benzvi C Berat X Bertou P. L. Biermann P Billoir F Blanco M Blanco C Bleve H Blümer M Boháčová D Boncioli C Bonifazi R Bonino N Borodai J Brack I Brancus P Brogueira W. C. Brown P Buchholz A Bueno L Buroker R. E. Burton Mario Buscemi K. S. Caballero Mora B Caccianiga L Caramete Rossella Caruso A Castellina G Cataldi L Cazon R Cester J Chauvin S. H. Cheng A Chiavassa J. A. Chinellato J Chirinos Diaz J Chudoba M Cilmo R. W. Clay G Cocciolo R Colalillo L Collica M. R. Coluccia R Conceição F Contreras H Cook M. J. Cooper J Coppens S Coutu C. E. Covault A Criss J Cronin A Curutiu R Dallier B Daniel S Dasso K Daumiller B. R. Dawson R. M. De Almeida M De Domenico C De Donato S. J. De Jong G De La Vega W. J. M. De Mello Junior J. R. T. De Mello Neto I De Mitri V De Souza K. D. De Vries L Del Peral O Deligny H Dembinski N Dhital C Di Giulio M. L. Díaz Castro P. N. Diep F Diogo C Dobrigkeit W Docters J. C. D'olivo P. N. Dong A Dorofeev J. C. Dos Anjos M. T. Dova Domenico D'urso J Ebr R Engel M Erdmann C. O. Escobar J Espadanal A Etchegoyen P Facal San Luis H Falcke K Fang G Farrar A. C. Fauth N Fazzini A. P. Ferguson B Fick J. M. Figueira A Filevich A Filipčič S Fliescher B Fox C. E. Fracchiolla E. D. Fraenkel O Fratu U Fröhlich B Fuchs R Gaior R. F. Gamarra S Gambetta B García S. T. Garcia Roca D Garcia Gamez D Garcia Pinto G Garilli A Gascon Bravo H Gemmeke P. L. Ghia M Giller J Gitto H Glass M. S. Gold G Golup F Gomez Albarracin M Gómez Berisso P. F. Gómez Vitale P Gonçalves J. G. Gonzalez B Gookin A Gorgi P Gorham P Gouffon E Grashorn S Grebe N Griffith A. F. Grillo Y Guardincerri F Guarino G. P. Guedes P Hansen D Harari T. A. Harrison J. L. Harton A Haungs T Hebbeker D Heck A. E. Herve G. C. Hill C Hojvat N Hollon V. C. Holmes P Homola J. R. Hörandel P Horvath M Hrabovský D Huber T Huege Antonio Insolia F Ionita S Jansen C Jarne S Jiraskova M Josebachuili K Kadija K. H. Kampert P Karhan P Kasper I Katkov B Kégl B Keilhauer A Keivani J. L. Kelley E Kemp R. M. Kieckhafer H. O. Klages M Kleifges J Kleinfeller J Knapp D. H. Koang K Kotera N Krohm O Krömer D Kruppke Hansen D Kuempel J. K. Kulbartz N Kunka G La Rosa D Lahurd L Latronico R Lauer M Lauscher P Lautridou S Le Coz M. S. A. B. Leão D Lebrun P Lebrun M. A. Leigui De Oliveira A Letessier Selvon I Lhenry Yvon K Link R López A Lopez Agüera K Louedec J Lozano Bahilo L Lu A Lucero M Ludwig H Lyberis M. C. Maccarone C Macolino M Malacari S Maldera J Maller D Mandat P Mantsch A. G. Mariazzi J Marin V Marin I. C. Maris H. R. Marquez Falcon G Marsella D Martello L Martin H Martinez O Martínez Bravo D Martraire J. J. Masías Meza H. J. Mathes J Matthews J. A. J. Matthews G Matthiae D Maurel D Maurizio E Mayotte P. O. Mazur G Medina Tanco M Melissas D Melo E Menichetti A Menshikov P Mertsch S Messina C Meurer R Meyhandan S Mićanović M. I. Micheletti I. A. Minaya L Miramonti B Mitrica L Molina Bueno S Mollerach M Monasor D Monnier Ragaigne F Montanet B Morales C Morello J. C. Moreno M Mostafá C. A. Moura M. A. Muller G Müller M Münchmeyer R Mussa G Navarra J. L. Navarro S Navas P Necesal L Nellen A Nelles J Neuser P. T. Nhung M Niechciol L Niemietz N Nierstenhoefer T Niggemann D Nitz D Nosek L Nožka J Oehlschläger A Olinto M Oliveira M Ortiz N Pacheco D Pakk Selmi Dei M Palatka J Pallotta N Palmieri G Parente A Parra S Pastor T Paul M Pech J Pȩkala R Pelayo I. M. Pepe L Perrone R Pesce E Petermann S Petrera A Petrolini Y Petrov C Pfendner R Piegaia T Pierog P Pieroni M Pimenta Valerio Pirronello M Platino M Plum V. H. Ponce M Pontz A Porcelli P Privitera M Prouza E. J. Quel S Querchfeld J Rautenberg O Ravel D Ravignani B Revenu J Ridky S Riggi M Risse P Ristori H Rivera V Rizi J Roberts W Rodrigues De Carvalho I Rodriguez Cabo G Rodriguez Fernandez J Rodriguezmartino J Rodriguez Rojo M. D. Rodríguez Frías G Ros J Rosado T Rossler M Roth B Rouillé D'orfeuil E Roulet A. C. Rovero C Rühle S. J. Saffi A Saftoiu F Salamida H Salazar F Salesa Greus G Salina F Sánchez C. E. Santo E Santos E. M. Santos F Sarazin B Sarkar S Sarkar R Sato N Scharf V Scherini H Schieler P Schiffer A Schmidt O Scholten H Schoorlemmer J Schovancova P Schovánek F Schröder J Schulz D Schuster S. J. Sciutto M Scuderi A Segreto M Settimo A Shadkam R. C. Shellard I Sidelnik G Sigl H. H. Silva Lopez O Sima A ŚMiałkowski R ŠMída G. R. Snow P Sommers J Sorokin H Spinka R Squartini Y. N. Srivastava S Stanic J Stapleton J Stasielak M Stephan M Straub A Stutz F Suarez T Suomijärvi A. D. Supanitsky T ŠUša M. S. Sutherland J Swain Z Szadkowski M Szuba A Tapia M Tartare O Taşcau R Tcaciuc N. T. Thao D Thomas J Tiffenberg C Timmermans W Tkaczyk C. J. Todero Peixoto G Toma L Tomankova B Tomé A Tonachini G Torralba Elipe D Torres Machado P Travnicek D. B. Tridapalli E Trovato M Tueros R Ulrich M Unger M Urban J. F. Valdés Galicia I Valiño L Valore G Van Aar A. M. Van Den Berg S Van Velzen A Van Vliet E Varela B Vargas Cárdenas G Varner J. R. Vázquez R. A. Vázquez D Veberič V Verzi J Vicha M Videla L Villaseñor H Wahlberg P Wahrlich O Wainberg D Walz A. A. Watson M Weber K Weidenhaupt A Weindl F Werner S Westerhoff B. J. Whelan A Widom G Wieczorek L Wiencke B Wilczyńska H Wilczyński M Will C Williams T Winchen M Wommer B Wundheiler T Yamamoto T Yapici P Younk G Yuan A Yushkov B Zamorano Garcia E Zas D Zavrtanik M Zavrtanik I Zaw A Zepeda J Zhou Y Zhu M Zimbres Silva M. Ziolkowski

subject

[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]self-trigger geomagnetic effect.media_common.quotation_subject Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena FOS: Physical sciences Cosmic ray 01 natural sciences Electric field 0103 physical sciences extensive air showers 010306 general physics Cosmic rays Instrumentation Mathematical Physics Zenith media_common Physics Pierre Auger Observatory High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)010308 nuclear & particles physics Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]Detector Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmic ray extensive air shower Antennas; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics 3. Good health Computational physics Azimuth Earth's magnetic field Sky Antennas Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena radio-detection

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We describe the experimental setup and the results of RAuger, a small radio-antenna array, consisting of three fully autonomous and self-triggered radio-detection stations, installed close to the center of the Surface Detector (SD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina. The setup has been designed for the detection of the electric field strength of air showers initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays, without using an auxiliary trigger from another detection system. Installed in December 2006, RAuger was terminated in May 2010 after 65 registered coincidences with the SD. The sky map in local angular coordinates (i.e., zenith and azimuth angles) of these events reveals a strong azimuthal asymmetry which is in agreement with a mechanism dominated by a geomagnetic emission process. The correlation between the electric field and the energy of the primary cosmic ray is presented for the first time, in an energy range covering two orders of magnitude between 0.1 EeV and 10 EeV. It is demonstrated that this setup is relatively more sensitive to inclined showers, with respect to the SD. In addition to these results, which underline the potential of the radio-detection technique, important information about the general behavior of self-triggering radio-detection systems has been obtained. In particular, we will discuss radio self-triggering under varying local electric-field conditions.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2012-11-02

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