RT Journal Article
T1 Antennas for the detection of radio emission pulses from cosmic-ray induced air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory.
A1 Arganda, E.
A1 Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
A1 Blanco Ramos, Francisco
A1 García Pinto, Diego
A1 Minaya Flores, Ignacio Andrés
A1 Ortiz Ramis, Montserrat
A1 Rosado Vélez, Jaime
A1 Vázquez Peñas, José Ramón
AB The Pierre Auger Observatory is exploring the potential of the radio detection technique to study extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) addresses both technological and scientific aspects of the radio technique. A first phase of AERA has been operating since September 2010 with detector stations observing radio signals at frequencies between 30 and 80 MHz. In this paper we present comparative studies to identify and optimize the antenna design for the final configuration of AERA consisting of 160 individual radio detector stations. The transient nature of the air shower signal requires a detailed description of the antenna sensor. As the ultra-wideband reception of pulses is not widely discussed in antenna literature, we review the relevant antenna characteristics and enhance theoretical considerations towards the impulse response of antennas including polarization effects and multiple signal reflections. On the basis of the vector effective length we study the transient response characteristics of three candidate antennas in the time domain. Observing the variation of the continuous galactic background intensity we rank the antennas with respect to the noise level added to the galactic signal.
PB IOP Publishing LTD
SN 1748-0221
YR 2012
FD 2012-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44721
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44721
LA eng
NO © 2012 IOP Publishing.Artículo firmado por más de 10 autores (The Pierre Auger Collaboration).The successful installation, commissioning, and operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory would not have been possible without the strong commitment and effort from the technical and administrative staff in Malargüe.We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Fundación Antorchas, Gobierno De La Provincia de Mendoza, Municipalidad de Malargüe, NDM Holdings and Valle Las Leñas, in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access, Argentina; the Australian Research Council; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT), Brazil; AVCR AV0Z10100502 and AV0Z10100522, GAAV KJB100100904, MSMT-CR LA08016, LG11044, LC527, 1M06002, MSM0021620859 and RCPTM - CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0058, Czech Republic; Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Conseil Régional Ile-de-France, Département Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Département Sciences de l’Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), France; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Finanzministerium BadenWürttemberg, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Mexico; Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands; Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant Nos. N N202 200239 and N N202 207238, Poland; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal; Ministry for Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia; Comunidad de Madrid, Consejería de Educación de la Comunidad de Castilla La Mancha, FEDER funds, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (CPAN), Xunta de Galicia, Spain; Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom; Department of Energy, Contract Nos. DE-AC02-07CH11359, DE-FR02-04ER41300, National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0450696, The Grainger Foundation USA; ALFA-EC / HELEN, European Union 6th Framework Program, Grant No. MEIF-CT-2005-025057, European Union 7th Framework Program, Grant No. PIEF-GA-2008-220240, and UNESCO.
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, (CNEA), Argentina
NO Fundación Antorchas
NO Gobierno De La Provincia de Mendoza ,Argentina
NO Municipalidad de Malargüe, Argentina
NO NDM Holdings
NO Australian Research Council
NO Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brasil
NO Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Brasil
NO Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Brasil
NO Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Brasil
NO Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT), Brasil
NO Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, Francia
NO Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
NO Conseil Régional Ile-de-France, Département Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Francia
NO Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Francia
NO Département Sciences de l’Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), Francia
NO Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
NO Finanzministerium BadenWürttemberg
NO Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)
NO Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein-Westfalen
NO Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Württemberg
NO Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
NO Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
NO Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), México
NO Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
NO Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
NO Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
NO Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polonia
NO Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
NO Ministry for Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Eslovenia
NO Slovenian Research Agency, Eslovenia
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Comunidad de Castilla-La Mancha
NO Unión Europea (EU) (FEDER)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), España
NO Programa Consolider-Ingenio, España
NO Xunta de Galicia
NO Science and Technology Facilities Council (Reino Unido)
NO National Science Foundation (NSF), EE.UU.
NO The Grainger Foundation, EE.UU.
NO ALFA-EC / HELEN
NO European Union 6th Framework Program
NO UNESCO
DS Docta Complutense
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