Microwave detection of air showers with MIDAS

Facal San Luis, P.; Alekotte, I.; Alvarez, J.; Berlin, A.; Bertou, X.; Bogdan, M.; Bohacova, M.; Bonifazi, C.; Carvalho, W.R.; de Mello Neto, J.R.T.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.020

Microwave detection of air showers with MIDAS

P. Facal San Luis
(
- Chicago U., EFI and
- Chicago U., KICP
)
,
I. Alekotte
(
- Centro Atomico Bariloche and
- Balseiro Inst., San Carlos de Bariloche
)
,
J. Alvarez
(
- Santiago de Compostela U., IGFAE
)
,
A. Berlin
(
- Chicago U., EFI and
- Chicago U., KICP
)
,
X. Bertou
(
- Centro Atomico Bariloche and
- Balseiro Inst., San Carlos de Bariloche
)

2012

Part of Proceedings, 4th International Workshop on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities (ARENA 2010) : Nantes, France, June 29-July 2, 2010

Published in:

Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 662 (2012) S118-S123

Contribution to:

- ARENA 2010

DOI:

10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.020

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

MIDAS (MIcrowave Detector of Air Showers) is a prototype of a microwave telescope to detect extensive air showers: it images a 20^^ox10^^o region of the sky with a 4.5m parabolic reflector and 53 feeds in the focal plane. It has been commissioned in March 2010 and is currently taking data. We present the design, performance and first results of MIDAS.