Schellart P, Nelles A, Buitink S, Corstanje A, Enriquez JE, Falcke H, Frieswijk W, Horandel JR, Horneffer A, James C, Krause M, Mevius M, Scholten O, Ter Veen S, Thoudam S, Van Den Akker M, Alexov A, Anderson J, Avruch IM, Bahren L, Beck R, Bell ME, Bennema P, Bentum MJ, Bernardi G, Best P, Bregman J, Breitling F, Brentjens M, Broderick J, Brueggen M, Ciardi B, Coolen A, De Gasperin F, De Geus E, De Jong A, De Vos M, Duscha S, Eisloeffel J, Fallows RA, Ferrari C, Garrett MA, Griessmeier J, Grit T, Hamaker JP, Hassall TE, Heald G, Hessels JWT, Hoeft M, Holties HA, Iacobelli M, Juette E, Karastergiou A, Klijn W, Kohler J, Kondratiev VI, Kramer M, Kuniyoshi M, Kuper G, Maat P, Macario G, Mann G, Markoff S, Mckay-Bukowski D, Mckean JP, Miller-Jones JCA, Mol JD, Mulcahy DD, Munk H, Nijboer R, Norden MJ, Orru E, Overeem R, Paas H, Pandey-Pommier M, Pizzo R, Polatidis AG, Renting A, Romein JW, Rottgering H, Schoenmakers A, Schwarz D, Sluman J, Smirnov O, Sobey C, Stappers BW, Steinmetz M, Swinbank J, Tang Y, Tasse C, Toribio C, Van Leeuwen J, Van Nieuwpoort R, Van Weeren RJ, Vermaas N, Vermeulen R, Vocks C, Vogt C, Wijers RAMJ, Wijnholds SJ, Wise MW, Wucknitz O, Yatawatta S, Zarka P, Zensus A (2013)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2013
Publisher: EDP SCIENCES S A
Book Volume: 560
Article Number: ARTN A98
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322683
The low frequency array (LOFAR), is the first radio telescope designed with the capability to measure radio emission from cosmic-ray induced air showers in parallel with interferometric observations. In the first similar to 2 years of observing, 405 cosmic-ray events in the energy range of 10(16)-10(18) eV have been detected in the band from 30-80 MHz. Each of these air showers is registered with up to similar to 1000 independent antennas resulting in measurements of the radio emission with unprecedented detail. This article describes the dataset, as well as the analysis pipeline, and serves as a reference for future papers based on these data. All steps necessary to achieve a full reconstruction of the electric field at every antenna position are explained, including removal of radio frequency interference, correcting for the antenna response and identification of the pulsed signal.
APA:
Schellart, P., Nelles, A., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J.E., Falcke, H.,... Zensus, A. (2013). Detecting cosmic rays with the LOFAR radio telescope. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 560. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322683
MLA:
Schellart, Pim, et al. "Detecting cosmic rays with the LOFAR radio telescope." Astronomy & Astrophysics 560 (2013).
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