Observation of Radar Echoes from High-Energy Particle Cascades

Prohira, S.; de Vries, K. D.; Allison, P.; Beatty, J.; Besson, D.; Connolly, A.; van Eijndhoven, N.; Hast, C.; Kuo, C. -Y.; Latif, U. A.; Meures, T.; Nam, J.; Nozdrina, A.; Ralston, J. P.; Riesen, Z.; Sbrocco, C.; Torres, J.; Wissel, S.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.124.091101

Title: Observation of Radar Echoes from High-Energy Particle Cascades

Abstract

We report here the observation of radar echoes from the ionization trails of high-energy particle cascades. Data were taken at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, where the full electron beam ( $~ 10^{9} e^{-}$ at $~ 10 GeV / e^{-}$ ) was directed into a plastic target to simulate an ultrahigh-energy neutrino interaction. The target was interrogated with radio waves, and coherent radio reflections from the cascades were detected with properties consistent with theoretical expectations. This is the first definitive observation of radar echoes from high-energy particle cascades, which could lead to a viable neutrino detection technology for energies $≳ 10^{16} eV$ .

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^[4]; Kuo, C. -Y. ^[5];

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The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Vrije Univ., Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States); Moscow Engineering Physics Univ., Moscow (Russian Federation)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
California Polytechnic State Univ. (CalPoly), San Luis Obispo, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: 2020-03-06

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Oak Ridge Associated Univ., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); European Research Council (ERC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1608339

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1603734

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0014664; 805486; 172922; 14.А12.31.0006; FWO-12L3715N

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

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                    Prohira, S., de Vries, K. D., Allison, P., Beatty, J., Besson, D., Connolly, A., van Eijndhoven, N., Hast, C., Kuo, C. -Y., Latif, U. A., Meures, T., Nam, J., Nozdrina, A., Ralston, J. P., Riesen, Z., Sbrocco, C., Torres, J., and Wissel, S. Observation of Radar Echoes from High-Energy Particle Cascades.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Prohira, S., de Vries, K. D., Allison, P., Beatty, J., Besson, D., Connolly, A., van Eijndhoven, N., Hast, C., Kuo, C. -Y., Latif, U. A., Meures, T., Nam, J., Nozdrina, A., Ralston, J. P., Riesen, Z., Sbrocco, C., Torres, J., & Wissel, S. Observation of Radar Echoes from High-Energy Particle Cascades.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.091101

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                    Prohira, S., de Vries, K. D., Allison, P., Beatty, J., Besson, D., Connolly, A., van Eijndhoven, N., Hast, C., Kuo, C. -Y., Latif, U. A., Meures, T., Nam, J., Nozdrina, A., Ralston, J. P., Riesen, Z., Sbrocco, C., Torres, J., and Wissel, S. Fri .  
"Observation of Radar Echoes from High-Energy Particle Cascades".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.091101.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1608339.

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@article{osti_1608339,

  title        = {Observation of Radar Echoes from High-Energy Particle Cascades},

  author       = {Prohira, S. and de Vries, K. D. and Allison, P. and Beatty, J. and Besson, D. and Connolly, A. and van Eijndhoven, N. and Hast, C. and Kuo, C. -Y. and Latif, U. A. and Meures, T. and Nam, J. and Nozdrina, A. and Ralston, J. P. and Riesen, Z. and Sbrocco, C. and Torres, J. and Wissel, S.},

  abstractNote = {We report here the observation of radar echoes from the ionization trails of high-energy particle cascades. Data were taken at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, where the full electron beam (~109e- at ~10GeV/e-) was directed into a plastic target to simulate an ultrahigh-energy neutrino interaction. The target was interrogated with radio waves, and coherent radio reflections from the cascades were detected with properties consistent with theoretical expectations. This is the first definitive observation of radar echoes from high-energy particle cascades, which could lead to a viable neutrino detection technology for energies ≳1016eV.},

  doi          = {10.1103/physrevlett.124.091101},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 9,

  volume       = 124,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2020},

  month        = {3}

}

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