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Cosmic Ray Mass Measurements with LOFAR
- Source :
- EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 135, p 01009 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- EDP Sciences, 2017.
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Abstract
- In the dense core of LOFAR individual air showers are detected by hundreds of dipole antennas simultaneously. We reconstruct Xmax by using a hybrid technique that combines a two-dimensional fit of the radio profile to CoREAS simulations and a one-dimensional fit of the particle density distribution. For high-quality detections, the statistical uncertainty on Xmax is smaller than 20 g/cm2. We present results of cosmic-ray mass analysis in the energy regime of 1017 - 1017.5 eV. This range is of particular interest as it may harbor the transition from a Galactic to an extragalactic origin of cosmic rays.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2100014X
- Volume :
- 135
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- EPJ Web of Conferences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.5703b33fb59c4d41b1f0f5b3792a4dbd
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713501009