Radioastronomical search for effects of extremely high energy particle interactions with the Moon regolith
Abstract
The development of the Radio Astronomical Method of Hadron And Neutrino Detection (RAMHAND) in the USSR (Russia) since 1988 is shortly discussed. The goal of the RAMHAND proposal was to search for cosmic neutrinos (hadrons) in the super-high energy range of 1019 eV - 1028 eV for tests of the GUT theories as well as different cosmological models and the theories of some astrophysical objects. The main idea of RAMHAND was to use the large groundbased radiotelescopes for registration of radio emission pulses generated by cascades induced by extremely high energy (EHE) neutrinos (hadrons) in a surface layer of the lunar regolith. The results of calculations of the longitudinal development of the EHE electron-photon and electron-hadron cascades in the lunar regolith and the radioemission escaping the Moon are described. Possibilities of monitoring the Moon with Kalyasin 64meter radiotelescope are considered. Details of proposed experiments are described.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- August 2001
- Bibcode:
- 2001ICRC....3.1263A