Measurement of the radiation energy in the radio signal of extensive air showers as a universal estimator of cosmic-ray energy

Aab, Alexander

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241101

Measurement of the radiation energy in the radio signal of extensive air showers as a universal estimator of cosmic-ray energy

Journal Article · Tue Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241101· OSTI ID:1258286

Aab, Alexander ^[1]

Univ. Siegen, Siegen (Germany). et al.

We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of 15.8 ± 0.7 (stat) ± 6.7 (sys) MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from state-of-the-art first-principle calculations shows agreement with our measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

Contributing Organization:: Pierre Auger Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; FG02-99ER41107; SC0011689

OSTI ID:: 1258286

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1257015

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB--16-169-AD-AE-CD-TD; arXiv:1605.02564; 1456765

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 116; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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