Towards real-time cosmic-ray identification with the LOw Frequency ARay

• Main Authors: Bonardi Antonio, Buitink Stijn, Corstanje Arthur, Falcke Heino, Hare Brian M., Hörandel Jörg R., Mitra Pragati, Mulrey Katie, Nelles Anna, Rachen Jörg P., Rossetto Laura, Schellart Pim, Scholten Olaf, Thoudam Satyendra, Trinh Gia T.N., ter Veen Sander, Winchen Tobias
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2019-01-01
• Series: EPJ Web of Conferences
• Online Access: https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2019/21/epjconf_arena2018_04005.pdf

The radio signals emitted by Extensive Air Showers have been successfully used for the last decade by LOFAR to reconstruct the properties of the primary cosmic rays. Since an effective real-time recognition system for the very short radio pulses is lacking, cosmic-ray acquisition is currently triggered by an external array of particle detector, called LORA, limiting the LOFAR collecting area to the area covered by LORA. A new algorithm for the real-time cosmic-ray detection has been developed for the LOFAR Low Band Antenna, which are sensitive between 10 and 90 MHz, and is here presented together with the latest results.