Speaker
Dr
John Kelley
(Radboud University Nijmegen)
Description
The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is currently detecting cosmic rays
of energies at and above 10^17 eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory, by triggering on the radio emission produced in the associated air showers. Unlike other air shower detection methods, the radio-detection technique must cope with a significant background of man-made radio-frequency interference, but can provide information on shower development with a high duty cycle. We discuss our techniques to handle the challenges of self-triggered radio detection in a low-power autonomous array, including triggering and filtering algorithms, data acquisition design, and communication systems.
Author
Dr
John Kelley
(Radboud University Nijmegen)
