Measurement of the Radiation Energy in the Radio Signal of Extensive Air Showers as a Universal Estimator of Cosmic-Ray Energy

. 2016 Jun 17 ; 116 (24) : 241101. [epub] 20160614

Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE Jazyk angličtina Země Spojené státy americké Médium print-electronic

Typ dokumentu časopisecké články

Perzistentní odkaz   https://www.medvik.cz/link/pmid27367377

We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of 15.8±0.7(stat)±6.7(syst) MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from state-of-the-art first-principles calculations shows agreement with our measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.

ASTRON Dwingeloo Netherlands

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Puebla Mexico

Bergische Universität Wuppertal Fachbereich C Physik Wuppertal Germany

Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio USA

Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina

Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN México Distrito Federal Mexico

Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones CITEDEF and CONICET Villa Martelli Argentina

Charles University Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics Prague Czech Republic

Colorado School of Mines Golden Colorado USA

Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USA

Departamento de Física FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET Buenos Aires Argentina

Department of Physics and Astronomy Lehman College City University of New York Bronx New York USA

Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E De Giorgi dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN Lecce Italy

Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell'Università dell'Aquila and INFN L'Aquila Italy

Experimental Particle Physics Department J Stefan Institute Ljubljana Slovenia

Fermilab Batavia Illinois USA

Gran Sasso Science Institute L'Aquila Italy

Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering Bucharest Magurele Romania

IFLP Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET La Plata Argentina

IMAPP Radboud University Nijmegen Nijmegen Netherlands

INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso Assergi Italy

Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay Université Paris 11 CNRS IN2P3 Orsay France

Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN Krakow Poland

Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague Czech Republic

Institute of Space Science Bucharest Magurele Romania

Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio Buenos Aires Argentina

Instituto de Física de Rosario CONICET U N R and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U N R Rosario Argentina

Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas Buenos Aires Argentina

Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas Mendoza Argentina

Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo Palermo Italy

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik Karlsruhe Germany

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institut für Kernphysik Karlsruhe Germany

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik Karlsruhe Germany

KVI Center for Advanced Radiation Technology University of Groningen Groningen Netherlands

Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire Université Paris 11 CNRS IN2P3 Orsay France

Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7 CNRS IN2P3 Paris France

Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie Université Grenoble Alpes CNRS IN2P3 Grenoble France

Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico IST Universidade de Lisboa UL Lisboa Portugal

Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics University of Nova Gorica Nova Gorica Slovenia

Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana USA

Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie Bonn Germany

Michigan Technological University Houghton Michigan USA

New York University New York New York USA

Nikhef Science Park Amsterdam Netherlands

Northeastern University Boston Massachusetts USA

Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica Malargüe Argentina

Observatorio Pierre Auger Malargüe Argentina

Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA

Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino Università di Torino and Sezione INFN Torino Italy

Palacky University RCPTM Olomouc Czech Republic

Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania USA

RWTH Aachen University 3 Physikalisches Institut A Aachen Germany

School of Physics and Astronomy University of Leeds Leeds United Kingdom

Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay Observatoire de Paris CNRS INSU Nançay France

SUBATECH école des Mines de Nantes CNRS IN2P3 Université de Nantes Nantes France

Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional México Distrito Federal Mexico

Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chiapas Mexico

Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid Spain

Universidad de Alcalá Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain

Universidad de Granada and C A F P E Granada Spain

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela Spain

Universidad Industrial de Santander Bucaramanga Colombia

Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Morelia Michoacán Mexico

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México Distrito Federal Mexico

Universidad Tecnológica Nacional Facultad Regional Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina

Universidade de São Paulo Escola de Engenharia de Lorena Lorena São Paulo Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Física de São Carlos São Carlos São Paulo Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Física São Paulo São Paulo Brazil

Universidade Estadual de Campinas IFGW Campinas São Paulo Brazil

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana Feira de Santana Brazil

Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador BA Brazil

Universidade Federal de Pelotas Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul Brazil

Universidade Federal do ABC Santo André São Paulo Brazil

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Física Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Universidade Federal Fluminense EEIMVR Volta Redonda Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Università di Catania and Sezione INFN Catania Italy

Università di Milano and Sezione INFN Milan Italy

Università di Napoli Federico 2 and Sezione INFN Napoli Italy

Università di Roma 2 Tor Vergata and Sezione INFN Roma Italy

Università di Torino and Sezione INFN Torino Italy

Universität Hamburg 2 Institut für Theoretische Physik Hamburg Germany

Universität Siegen Fachbereich 7 Physik Experimentelle Teilchenphysik Siegen Germany

University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia

University of Bucharest Physics Department Bucharest Romania

University of Chicago Enrico Fermi Institute Chicago Illinois USA

University of Hawaii Honolulu Hawaii USA

University of Łódź Łódź Poland

University of Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska USA

University of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico USA

University Politehnica of Bucharest Bucharest Romania

Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels Belgium

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