Lateral distribution of radio emission and its dependence on air shower longitudinal development

The lateral distribution function (LDF) of radio emission from an extensive air shower is considered as the basic signature sensitive to the shower longitudinal development and, as a consequence, to the mass of a primary cosmic ray's particle that initiated a given shower. The peculiarities in...

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Published inJournal of cosmology and astroparticle physics Vol. 2012; no. 12; pp. 1 - 16
Main Authors Kalmykov, Nikolai N, Konstantinov, Andrey A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.2012
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Air showers
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
ASTROPHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
Cosmology
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION
Radio emission
REST MASS
SENSITIVITY
Showers
Signatures
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Summary:The lateral distribution function (LDF) of radio emission from an extensive air shower is considered as the basic signature sensitive to the shower longitudinal development and, as a consequence, to the mass of a primary cosmic ray's particle that initiated a given shower. The peculiarities in the LDF's structure as well as their sensitivity to the height of shower maximum are investigated and explained.
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ISSN:1475-7516
1475-7516
DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/12/029