Radio Detection of Cosmic Rays-Achievements and Future Potential
Abstract
When modern efforts for radio detection of cosmic rays started about a decade ago, hopes were high but the true potential was unknown. Since then, we have achieved a detailed understanding of the radio emission physics and have consequently succeeded in developing sophisticated detection schemes and analysis approaches. In particular, we have demonstrated that the important air-shower parameters arrival direction, particle energy and depth of shower maximum can be reconstructed reliably from radio measurements, with a precision that is comparable with that of other detection techniques. At the same time, limitations inherent to the radio-emission mechanisms have become apparent. In this article, I shortly review the capabilities of radio detection in the very high-frequency band, and discuss the potential for future application in existing and new experiments for cosmic-ray detection.
- Publication:
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Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR2016)
- Pub Date:
- 2018
- DOI:
- 10.7566/JPSCP.19.011031
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1704.05348
- Bibcode:
- 2018uhec.confa1031H
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- To appear in JSP Conference Proceedings as part of the proceedings for the UHECR2016 Conference, Kyoto, Japan