Speaker
Radomir Smida
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Description
The CROME experiment is a new setup to study microwave radiation from air showers. The GHz radiation is measured with several parabolic antennas, each equipped with a multiple-receiver camera operating in the extended C band (3.4--4.2 GHz). Data are taken in coincidence with cosmic-ray showers detected by the KASCADE-Grande experiment. The overall experimental setup will be presented and different methods used for determining sensitivity, pointing, and time synchronization of the detectors will be discussed. It is shown that the CROME setup is well-suited for the detection of pulses of a few nanoseconds as expected from cosmic-ray showers. An overview of the first detected air shower events is given.
Author
Radomir Smida
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Co-authors
Andrea Chiavassa
(Universita di Torino and Sezione INFN)
Andreas Haungs
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Felix Werner
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Francesco Salamida
(Universita dell’Aquila and INFN)
Hans Klages
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Harald Schieler
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Henryk Wilczynski
(Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow)
Jan Pekala
(Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow)
Jarek Stasielak
(Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow)
Johannes Bluemer
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Juergen Wochele
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Julian Rautenberg
(Bergische Universitat Wuppertal)
Karl-Heinz Kampert
(Bergische Universitat Wuppertal)
Marc Weber
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Marianne Ludwig
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Mario Bertaina
(Universita di Torino and Sezione INFN)
Markus Roth
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Matthias Kleifges
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Michael Riegel
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Michael Unger
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Oliver Kroemer
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Patrick Neunteufel
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Ralph Engel
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Sebastian Baur
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Sebastian Mathys
(Bergische Universitat Wuppertal)
Tim Huege
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
