Detection of Microwave Emission of Extensive Air Showers with the CROME Experiment
Abstract:
This thesis reports on the design, calibration, and first data analysis of the CROME (Cosmic-Ray Observation via Microwave Emission) experiment searching for microwave radio emission from extensive air showers. The observations are consistent with a mainly forward-directed and polarised emission process in the GHz frequency range. The measurements show that microwave radiation offers a new means of studying air showers at energies above ~10^17 eV.
| Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT | Institut für Kernphysik (IKP) |
| Publikationstyp | Hochschulschrift |
| Publikationsjahr | 2013 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Identifikator | urn:nbn:de:swb:90-430016 KITopen-ID: 1000043001 |
| HGF-Programm | 51.53.01 (POF II, LK 01) Großgerät: AUGER |
| Verlag | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) |
| Art der Arbeit | Dissertation |
| Fakultät | Fakultät für Physik (PHYSIK) |
| Institut | Institut für Kernphysik (IKP) |
| Prüfungsdaten | 13.12.2013 |
| Schlagwörter | cosmic rays, extensive air showers, radio emission, microwave emission |
| Referent/Betreuer | Blümer, J. |