Expansion of the LOFAR radboud air shower arrayShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Proceedings of Science: 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — ICRC2017. 10–20 July, 2017. Bexco, Busan, Korea, Sissa Medialab Srl , 2018, article id 413Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The LOFAR Radboud Air Shower Array (LORA) consists of 20 plastic scintillators and is situated at the core of the LOFAR radio telescope. LORA detects particles from extensive air showers and triggers the read-out of the LOFAR antennas. The dense LOFAR antenna spacing allows for detailed sampling of the radio emission generated in extensive air showers, which yields high precision reconstruction of cosmic ray properties and information about the shower development. We discuss the proposed expansion of LORA, including the addition of scintillator units and the implementation of triggering algorithms that will probe more details of the radio emission and detect lower energy showers without introducing a composition bias, which is important for studying the origin of cosmic rays.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sissa Medialab Srl , 2018. article id 413
Keywords [en]
Antennas, Cosmology, Scintillation counters, Air showers, Antenna spacings, Extensive air showers, High-precision, Lower energies, Plastic scintillator, Radio emission, Cosmic rays
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Research subject
Physics, Astroparticle Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85119Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85046058085OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-85119DiVA, id: diva2:1336668
Conference
35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — ICRC2017. 10–20 July, 2017. Bexco, Busan, Korea
Note
Conference code: 135186; Export Date: 11 June 2019; Conference Paper
2019-07-102019-07-102019-09-03Bibliographically approved