Hybrid Detection of High Energy Showers in Urban Environments
The Astroneu array comprises 9 large charged particle detectors and 3 RF antennas arranged in three autonomous stations operating at the University Campus of the Hellenic Open University in the city of Patras. Each station of the array detects extensive air showers with primary energy threshold of a...
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doaj-026742cb5d7a45958e56e68326761d772020-11-24T21:22:40ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972018-12-0151310.3390/universe5010003universe5010003Hybrid Detection of High Energy Showers in Urban EnvironmentsAntonios Leisos0Stavros Nonis1Apostolos Tsirigotis2George Bourlis3Kostas Papageorgiou4Ioannis Gkialas5Ioannis Manthos6Spyros Tzamarias7Physics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Patras 26222, GreeceDepartment of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean, Chios 82100, GreecePhysics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Patras 26222, GreecePhysics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Patras 26222, GreeceDepartment of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean, Chios 82100, GreeceDepartment of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean, Chios 82100, GreeceDepartment of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, GreeceDepartment of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, GreeceThe Astroneu array comprises 9 large charged particle detectors and 3 RF antennas arranged in three autonomous stations operating at the University Campus of the Hellenic Open University in the city of Patras. Each station of the array detects extensive air showers with primary energy threshold of about 10 TeV, while double station coincidence events select showers with energies higher than 10 3 TeV. In such an environment, the radio detection of air showers is challenging. The RF signals besides being extremely weak they also suffer from strong human made electromagnetic noise. In this work, we present the analysis of double station coincidence events and we study the correlation of the RF data with the particle detectors data. We use the experimental information from the particle detectors and the antennas to select very high energy showers and we compare the timing of the RF signals with the timing of the particle detector signals as well as the strength of the RF signals with the simulation predictions.http://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/5/1/3cosmic raysAstroneuRF detectionextensive air showers |
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Antonios Leisos Stavros Nonis Apostolos Tsirigotis George Bourlis Kostas Papageorgiou Ioannis Gkialas Ioannis Manthos Spyros Tzamarias |
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Antonios Leisos Stavros Nonis Apostolos Tsirigotis George Bourlis Kostas Papageorgiou Ioannis Gkialas Ioannis Manthos Spyros Tzamarias Hybrid Detection of High Energy Showers in Urban Environments Universe cosmic rays Astroneu RF detection extensive air showers |
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Antonios Leisos Stavros Nonis Apostolos Tsirigotis George Bourlis Kostas Papageorgiou Ioannis Gkialas Ioannis Manthos Spyros Tzamarias |
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Hybrid Detection of High Energy Showers in Urban Environments |
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Hybrid Detection of High Energy Showers in Urban Environments |
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Hybrid Detection of High Energy Showers in Urban Environments |
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Hybrid Detection of High Energy Showers in Urban Environments |
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Hybrid Detection of High Energy Showers in Urban Environments |
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hybrid detection of high energy showers in urban environments |
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Universe |
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The Astroneu array comprises 9 large charged particle detectors and 3 RF antennas arranged in three autonomous stations operating at the University Campus of the Hellenic Open University in the city of Patras. Each station of the array detects extensive air showers with primary energy threshold of about 10 TeV, while double station coincidence events select showers with energies higher than 10 3 TeV. In such an environment, the radio detection of air showers is challenging. The RF signals besides being extremely weak they also suffer from strong human made electromagnetic noise. In this work, we present the analysis of double station coincidence events and we study the correlation of the RF data with the particle detectors data. We use the experimental information from the particle detectors and the antennas to select very high energy showers and we compare the timing of the RF signals with the timing of the particle detector signals as well as the strength of the RF signals with the simulation predictions. |
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cosmic rays Astroneu RF detection extensive air showers |
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