Suggestion of coherent radio reflections from an electron-beam induced particle cascade

Prohira, S.; de Vries, K. D.; Besson, D.; Connolly, A.; Hast, C.; Latif, U.; Meures, T.; Nozdrina, A.; Ralston, J. P.; Riesen, Z.; Saltzberg, D.; Torres, J.; Wissel, S.; Zuo, X.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.100.072003

Title: Suggestion of coherent radio reflections from an electron-beam induced particle cascade

Journal Article · 14 October 2019 · Physical Review D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.100.072003 · OSTI ID:1603725

^[1]; de Vries, K. D. ^[2]; Besson, D. ^[3]; Connolly, A. ^[1]; Hast, C. ^[4]; Latif, U. ^[5]; Meures, T. ^[6]; Nozdrina, A. ^[5]; Ralston, J. P. ^[5]; Riesen, Z. ^[7]; Saltzberg, D. ^[8]; Torres, J. ^[1]; Wissel, S. ^[7]; Zuo, X. ^[8]

The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Vrije Univ. Brussels, Brussel (Belgium)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States); Moscow Engineering Physics Inst., Moscow (Russia)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
California Polytechnic State Univ. (CalPoly), San Luis Obispo, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Testbeam experiment 576 at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory sought to make the first measurement of coherent radio reflections from the ionization produced in the wake of a high-energy particle shower. The >10 GeV electron beam at the SLAC End Station A was directed into a large high-density polyethylene target to produce a shower analogous to that produced by an EeV neutrino interaction in ice. Continuous wave radio was transmitted into the target, and receiving antennas monitored for reflection of the transmitted signal from the ionization left in the wake of the shower. We detail the first run of the experiment and report on preliminary hints of a signal consistent with a radio reflection at a statistical significance of 2.36σ.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0014664; FWO-12L3715N; 805486

OSTI ID:: 1603725

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1576502

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 100, Issue 7; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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