Status of the lunar detection mode for cosmic particles of LOFARShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Institute of Physics (IOP), 2019, no 1, p. 1-7, article id 012077Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Cosmic particles hitting Earth's moon produce radio emission via the Askaryan effect. If the resulting radio ns-pulse can be detected by radio telescopes, this technique potentially increases the available collective area for ZeV scale particles by several orders of magnitude compared to current experiments. The LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) is the largest radio telescope operating in the optimum frequency regime for this technique. In this contribution, we report on the status of the implementation of the lunar detection mode at LOFAR. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Physics (IOP), 2019. no 1, p. 1-7, article id 012077
Series
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, ISSN 1742-6588, E-ISSN 1742-6596 ; 1181
Keywords [en]
Cosmic rays, Moon, Radio telescopes, Askaryan effects, Cosmic particles, Detection mode, Low frequency arrays, Optimum frequency, Orders of magnitude, Radio emission, Cosmology
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Research subject
Physics, Astroparticle Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-86425DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1181/1/012077ISI: 000556332900077Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85064332178OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-86425DiVA, id: diva2:1337032
Conference
26th Extended European Cosmic Ray Symposium, E+CRS 2018, 6 July 2018 through 10 July 2018
Note
Conference code: 146680; Export Date: 22 May 2019
2019-07-112019-07-112020-10-23Bibliographically approved