Energy estimation for cosmic rays measured with the Auger Engineering Radio Array

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May 23, 2013
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  • AIP Conf.Proc. 1535 (2013) 1, 68-72
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  • Published: May 23, 2013
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Abstract: (AIP)
The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is located within the Pierre Auger Observatory and currently consists of 24 self-triggered radio stations. Observation of radio signals from cosmic rays is confirmed by the surface detector (SD) stations of the Observatory which provide well-calibrated information on the cosmic-ray energies and arrival directions. The response of the radio stations has been thoroughly calibrated to enable the reconstruction of the incoming electric field. For estimating the cosmic-ray energy we use the maximum absolute value of the measured electric field vector corrected for the incoming direction and the distance to the shower core. Performing a preliminary energy calibration using the SD information, we observe that the defined radio energy estimator provides an approximately linear dependency on the cosmic-ray energy.
  • 96.50.sd
  • Cosmic rays
  • extensive air showers
  • AERA
  • energy calibration
  • radio detection
  • Pierre Auger Observatory
  • cosmic radiation: energy
  • energy: calibration
  • detector: surface
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