Cosmic Ray Mass Measurements with LOFAR

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....

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Hauptverfasser: Buitink, Stijn, Bonardi, Antonio, Corstanje, Arthur, Enriquez, J. Emilio, Falcke, Heino, Hörandel, Jörg R., Mitra, Pragati, Mulrey, Katie, Nelles, Anna, Rachen, Jörg Paul, Rossetto, Laura, Schellart, Pim, Scholten, Olaf, Thoudam, Satyendra, Trinh, Gia, ter Veen, Sander, Winchen, Tobias
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2100-014X
2101-6275
2100-014X
DOI:10.1051/epjconf/201713501009