Authors:
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Karlsruher Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Offers the first laboratory validation of microscopic simulations of radio emission from particle showers, including a detailed description of the simulation study
- Presents a potential avenue for resolving the mass composition of cosmic rays via radio detection of air showers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Particle showers are created from cascading interactions when high-energy particles collide with matter, e.g. with air in the case of cosmic radiation, or with a particle detector in the case of experiments at CERN. These showers can consist of billions of particles, mostly electrons, positrons and photons. They emit radio waves when the absorbing medium is in a magnetic field, and this radio emission can be used as a novel means of detecting and drawing inferences on the shower and the primary particle. The new method is currently being established in cosmic ray research, where large antenna arrays may soon replace or complement traditional particle detectors.Â
In thi
s study, a complete microscopic simulation of a radio-emission experiment conducted at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford/USA, is performed, and the underlying physical models are validated. The model is subsequently applied to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, which is a large interferometer for radio astronomy. It is demonstrated that the SKA, with some modifications, might also be used for cosmic ray research based on radio detection of high-energy particles from the cosmos.Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Experimental Nuclear Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Anne Zilles
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Emission of Radio Waves in Particle Showers
Book Subtitle: Validation of Microscopic Simulations with the SLAC T-510 Experiment and their Potential in the Future Square Kilometre Array
Authors: Anne Zilles
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63411-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63410-4Published: 16 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87548-4Published: 18 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63411-1Published: 08 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 130
Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation, Measurement Science and Instrumentation