Speaker
Raphael Krause
(RWTH Aachen University)
Description
Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays induce extensive air showers in the
Earth's atmosphere. Within the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina,
the Auger Engineering Radio Array has been built to measure MHz radio
emission of these showers in addition to established techniques based on
fluorescence emission and particle detection on ground. An area of
around 17km² has been instrumented by 153 autonomous radio stations
which record radio signals with frequencies between 30 to 80 MHz,
covering the full zenith angular range with a duty cycle close to 100%.
Recent progress will be presented on thorough calibration efforts of the
radio array, and on measurements of the primary cosmic ray energies.
Primary author
Raphael Krause
(RWTH Aachen University)
