Telescope Array Radar (TARA) Observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

Abbasi, R.; Takai, H.; Allen, C.; Beard, L.; Belz, J.; Besson, D.; Byrne, M.; Abou Bakr Othman, M.; Farhang-Boroujeny, B.; Gardner, A.; Gillman, W.H.; Hanlon, W.; Hanson, J.; Jayanthmurthy, C.; Kunwar, S.; Larson, S. L.; Myers, I.; Prohira, S.; Ratzlaff, K.; Sokolsky, P.; Thomson, G. B.; Von Maluski, D.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.015

Title: Telescope Array Radar (TARA) Observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

Abstract

Construction was completed during summer 2013 on the Telescope Array RAdar (TARA) bi-static radar observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR). TARA is co-located with the Telescope Array, the largest “conventional” cosmic ray detector in the Northern Hemisphere, in radio-quiet Western Utah. TARA employs an 8 MW Effective Radiated Power (ERP) VHF transmitter and smart receiver system based on a 250 MS/s data acquisition system in an effort to detect the scatter of sounding radiation by UHECR-induced atmospheric ionization. TARA seeks to demonstrate bi-static radar as a useful new remote sensing technique for UHECRs. In this report, we describe the design and performance of the TARA transmitter and receiver systems.

Authors:

Abbasi, R. ^[1]; Takai, H. ^[2]; Allen, C. ^[3]; Beard, L. ^[4]; Belz, J. ^[1]; Besson, D. ^[5]; Byrne, M. ^[1]; Abou Bakr Othman, M. ^[1]; Farhang-Boroujeny, B. ^[1]; Gardner, A. ^[1]; Gillman, W.H. ^[6]; Hanlon, W. ^[1]; Hanson, J. ^[3]; Jayanthmurthy, C. ^[1]; Kunwar, S. ^[3]; Larson, S. L. ^[7]; Myers, I. ^[1]; Prohira, S. ^[3]; Ratzlaff, K. ^[3]; Sokolsky, P. ^[1] more »

Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States). Moscow Engineering and Physics Inst. (Russian Federation)
Gillman and Associates, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1169038

Report Number(s):: BNL-107363-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; KA2101020; TRN: US1600720

Grant/Contract Number:: DE-SC00112704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 767; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; cosmic ray; FPGA; digital signal processing; chirp; RADAR

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                    Abbasi, R., Takai, H., Allen, C., Beard, L., Belz, J., Besson, D., Byrne, M., Abou Bakr Othman, M., Farhang-Boroujeny, B., Gardner, A., Gillman, W.H., Hanlon, W., Hanson, J., Jayanthmurthy, C., Kunwar, S., Larson, S. L., Myers, I., Prohira, S., Ratzlaff, K., Sokolsky, P., Thomson, G. B., and Von Maluski, D. Telescope Array Radar (TARA) Observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Abbasi, R., Takai, H., Allen, C., Beard, L., Belz, J., Besson, D., Byrne, M., Abou Bakr Othman, M., Farhang-Boroujeny, B., Gardner, A., Gillman, W.H., Hanlon, W., Hanson, J., Jayanthmurthy, C., Kunwar, S., Larson, S. L., Myers, I., Prohira, S., Ratzlaff, K., Sokolsky, P., Thomson, G. B., & Von Maluski, D. Telescope Array Radar (TARA) Observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.015

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                    Abbasi, R., Takai, H., Allen, C., Beard, L., Belz, J., Besson, D., Byrne, M., Abou Bakr Othman, M., Farhang-Boroujeny, B., Gardner, A., Gillman, W.H., Hanlon, W., Hanson, J., Jayanthmurthy, C., Kunwar, S., Larson, S. L., Myers, I., Prohira, S., Ratzlaff, K., Sokolsky, P., Thomson, G. B., and Von Maluski, D. Tue .  
"Telescope Array Radar (TARA) Observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.015.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1169038.

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  title        = {Telescope Array Radar (TARA) Observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays},

  author       = {Abbasi, R. and Takai, H. and Allen, C. and Beard, L. and Belz, J. and Besson, D. and Byrne, M. and Abou Bakr Othman, M. and Farhang-Boroujeny, B. and Gardner, A. and Gillman, W.H. and Hanlon, W. and Hanson, J. and Jayanthmurthy, C. and Kunwar, S. and Larson, S. L. and Myers, I. and Prohira, S. and Ratzlaff, K. and Sokolsky, P. and Thomson, G. B. and Von Maluski, D.},

  abstractNote = {Construction was completed during summer 2013 on the Telescope Array RAdar (TARA) bi-static radar observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR). TARA is co-located with the Telescope Array, the largest “conventional” cosmic ray detector in the Northern Hemisphere, in radio-quiet Western Utah. TARA employs an 8 MW Effective Radiated Power (ERP) VHF transmitter and smart receiver system based on a 250 MS/s data acquisition system in an effort to detect the scatter of sounding radiation by UHECR-induced atmospheric ionization. TARA seeks to demonstrate bi-static radar as a useful new remote sensing technique for UHECRs. In this report, we describe the design and performance of the TARA transmitter and receiver systems.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.015},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 767,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

  month        = {Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014}

}

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Extensive Cosmic-Ray Showers journal, July 1939

The surface detector system of the Pierre Auger Observatory journal, March 2008

The fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory journal, August 2010

On the possibility of radar echo detection of ultra-high energy cosmic ray- and neutrino-induced extensive air showers journal, April 2001

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