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Simulations of the antenna response for the Auger Radio Detector

Pierre Auger

Collaboration

•

Ugo Gregorio Giaccari
(
- Nijmegen U., IMAPP
)

Jul 20, 2023

8 pages

Published in:

PoS ARENA2022 (2023) 042

Contribution to:

- ARENA2022
, 042

Published: Jul 20, 2023

DOI:

10.22323/1.424.0042

Experiments:

AUGER

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After more than 15 years of successful operation, the Pierre Auger Observatory is currently undergoing a major upgrade called AugerPrime. The aim is to study the mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. Part of the upgrade program consists in installing a Short Aperiodic Loaded Loop Antenna (SALLA) atop each of the 1660 water-Cherenkov detectors.To obtain an absolute calibration for the SALLA, the frequency and directionally dependent antenna response (or vector effective length) must be known. The characteristics of the SALLA depend on various parameters, most prominent is the considered frequency of reception and the antenna geometry. Moreover, the interaction with the structure elements and the presence of the ground has an impact. The measurement of the characteristics of the SALLA is a complex experimental effort. In this view, investigation by numerical antenna simulations provides an important and useful tool. In this contribution, we describe the method used to calculate the vector equivalent length of the SALLA with an advanced and widely used software for antenna simulations like the Numerical Electromagnetics Code (NEC).

cosmic radiation: UHE
upgrade
Auger
null-energy condition
calibration
geometry
programming
observatory
mass spectrum
numerical calculations

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