Radio-wave detection of ultra-high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays

Jan 11, 2017
53 pages
Published in:
  • PTEP 2017 (2017) 12, 12A106,
  • PTEP 12 (2017) 12
  • Published: Dec 1, 2017
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Abstract: (Oxford University Press)
Radio waves, perhaps because our terrestrial atmosphere and the cosmos beyond are uniquely transparent to them, or perhaps because they are macroscopic, so the basic instruments of detection (antennas) are easily constructible, arguably occupy a privileged position within the electromagnetic spectrum, and, correspondingly, receive disproportionate attention experimentally. Detection of radio-frequency radiation, at macroscopic wavelengths, has blossomed within the last decade as a competitive method for the measurement of cosmic particles, particularly charged cosmic rays and neutrinos. Cosmic-ray detection via radio emission from extensive air showers has been demonstrated to be a reliable technique that has reached a reconstruction quality of the cosmic-ray parameters competitive with more traditional approaches. Radio detection of neutrinos in dense media seems to be the most promising technique to achieve the gigantic detection volumes required to measure neutrinos at energies beyond the PeV-scale flux established by IceCube. In this article, we review radio detection both of cosmic rays in the atmosphere, as well as neutrinos in dense media.
Note:
  • 53 pages, to appear in a special section of Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP) on Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays.
  • F00 Instrumentation and technique
  • F03 Ultra-high energy phenomena of cosmic rays
  • F04 Other topics
  • radio wave: cosmic radiation
  • neutrino: UHE
  • showers: atmosphere
  • electromagnetic
  • spectrum
  • IceCube
  • quality