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Cosmic ray detection with the LOFAR radio telescope

Terveer, K.; Bouma, S.; Buitink, S.; Corstanje, A.; Desmet, M.; Falcke, H.; Hare, B. M.; Hörandel, J. R.; Huege, T. 1; Karastathis, N. 1; Laub, P.; Mulrey, K.; Nelles, A.; Scholten, O.; Turekova, P.; Thoudam, S.; Trinh, G.; ter Veen, S.
1 Institut für Astroteilchenphysik (IAP), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

The LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) has successfully measured cosmic rays for over a decade now. With its dense core of antenna fields in the Netherlands, it is an ideal tool for studying the radio emission from extensive air showers in the 10$^{16}$ eV to 10$^{18,5}$ eV range. Every air shower is measured with a small particle detector array and hundreds of antennas, which sets LOFAR apart from other air shower arrays. We present our current achievements and progress in reconstruction, interpolation, and software development during the final phases of measurement of LOFAR 1.0, before the LOFAR array gets a significant upgrade, including also plans for the final data release and refined analyses.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000189795
Veröffentlicht am 21.01.2026
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Astroteilchenphysik (IAP)
Publikationstyp Forschungsbericht/Preprint
Publikationsdatum 10.10.2024
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator KITopen-ID: 1000189795
Verlag arxiv
Schlagwörter High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
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