On a prototype detector for the radio emission from air showers at the South Pole / vorgelegt von Jan Auffenberg. 2010
Content
- 1 Introduction
- 2 COSMIC RAYS, NEUTRINOS, AND AIR SHOWERS
- 2.1 Cosmic Ray Particles as Part of the Universe
- 2.2 Cosmic Rays
- 2.2.1 Origin of cosmic rays
- 2.2.2 Acceleration mechanisms of cosmic rays
- 2.2.3 Propagation mechanism
- 2.2.4 Energy spectrum of cosmic rays
- 2.2.5 UHECR sources
- 2.3 Extensive air showers
- 2.4 Radio Emission of Extensive Air Showers
- 3 ASTROPARTICLE DETECTORS
- 4 RADIO MEASUREMENTS AT THE SOUTH POLE
- 4.1 Radio Background
- 4.2 Argentina and South Pole in 2007
- 4.3 At the South Pole with RICE in 2008
- 4.4 At the South Pole in 2009
- 5 SIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT RESULTS
- 6 RADIO AIR SHOWER DETECTION AT THE SOUTH POLE
- 6.1 2010 Test Array
- 6.1.1 Science case
- 6.1.2 Trigger strategy
- 6.1.3 Estimation of the trigger rate induced by CR flux with 2010 Test Array
- 6.1.4 Self Trigger Trial 2010
- 6.2 A Large Air Shower Array
- 7 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK
- A PROPERTIES OF ANTENNAS
- B THE DATA FORMAT OF RICE
- C DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS