The Auger Engineering Radio Array and multi-hybrid cosmic ray detection

14th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics

物理学;天文学

Holt, E.M.^1,2

Institute of Nuclear Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany^1

Observatorio Pierre Auger, Av. San Martín Norte 304, Malargüe

5613, Argentina^2

关键词: Arrival direction;    Electromagnetic components;    Extensive air showers;    Fluorescence telescopes;    High-energy cosmic rays;    Measurements of;    Pierre Auger observatory;    Primary particles;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052019/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052019

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) aims at the detection of air showers induced by high-energy cosmic rays. As an extension of the Pierre Auger Observatory, it measures complementary information to the particle detectors, fluorescence telescopes and to the muon scintillators of the Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array (AMIGA). AERA is sensitive to all fundamental parameters of an extensive air shower such as the arrival direction, energy and depth of shower maximum. Since the radio emission is induced purely by the electromagnetic component of the shower, in combination with the AMIGA muon counters, AERA is perfect for separate measurements of the electrons and muons in the shower, if combined with a muon counting detector like AMIGA. In addition to the depth of the shower maximum, the ratio of the electron and muon number serves as a measure of the primary particle mass.