Instruments and methods for the radio detection of high energy cosmic rays : doctoral thesis accepted by Department of Physics of the Karsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany / Frank G. Schroder.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Schroder, Frank G.

Series:

Springer theses.

Springer theses : recognizing outstanding Ph.D. research, 2190-5053

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmic rays.

Radio detectors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cosmic rays consist of elementary particles with enormous energy which originate from outside our solar system and constantly hit the Earth’s atmosphere. Where do these cosmic rays originate? How does nature accelerate the cosmic-ray particles to energies with orders of magnitude beyond the limits of manmade particle accelerators? What can we learn by measuring the interactions of the cosmic rays with the atmosphere? Digital radio-antenna arrays offer a promising, complementary measurement method for high-energy cosmic rays. This thesis reports on substantial advances in the development of the radio technique, which will be used to address these questions in future experiments.

Contents:

Cosmic Rays

Radio Experiments for Air Shower Detection

Time Calibration of LOPES

A Reference Beacon for the Auger Engineering Radio Array

Treatment of Noise

Lateral Distribution

Pulse Arrival Time Distributions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Thesis (doctoral)--Department of Physics of the Karsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-93530-9

3-642-33660-4

OCLC:

823388570