Speaker
Arthur Corstanje
(Radboud University Nijmegen)
Description
Measurements of radio emission from extensive air showers, together with air shower simulations, have allowed to infer the height of maximum emission ($X_{\rm max}$) for individual air showers to a precision of 18 g/cm$^2$, important for composition studies.
In this procedure, one of the major systematic uncertainties arises from variations of the refractive index in the atmosphere. The refractive index $n$ varies with temperature and humidity, and the variations can make on the order of 10 % difference in ($n$-1).
Using CoREAS simulations, we have evaluated the systematic error arising from the uncertainty in the refractive index.
Also, we give an interpretation in terms of a simple, physical model.
Author
Arthur Corstanje
(Radboud University Nijmegen)
Co-authors
Dr
Anna Nelles
(University of California Irvine)
Antonio Bonardi
(IMAPP - Radboud University Nijmegen)
Gia Trinh
(KVI-CART, University of Groningen)
Heino Falcke
(Radboud University Nijmegen/ASTRON/MPIfR Bonn)
Mr
J.E. Enriquez
(Radboud University Nijmegen)
Jörg Hörandel
(Ru Nijmegen/Nikhef)
Jörg Paul Rachen
(IMAPP / Radboud University Nijmegen)
Katie Mulrey
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Laura Rossetto
(Radboud University Nijmegen)
Olaf Scholten
(KVI-CART, Univ. of Groningen)
Pim Schellart
(R)
Pragati Mitra
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Sander ter Veen
(ASTRON)
Satyendra Thoudam
(Radboud University)
Stijn Buitink
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB))
Dr
Tobias Winchen
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
