Askaryan pulses produced by cores of air showers
Askaryan pulses produced by cores of air showers. May 14, 2007 D. Seckel, Univ. of Delaware
Topics • Concept: Possible signal and/or background for ANITA • Askaryan pulses & air shower dimensions • Air shower properties (AIRES) – Particle content – Radial and energy distributions • Calculation of RF signal – Coherent addition of subshowers – Issues: near zone/far zone, ray tracing • Issues & Rates (? ) Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Askaryan pulses from air shower core Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
ANITA Geometry Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Critical dimensions Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Ground level particles g e- m p n, p Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Radial distributions by particle ID radiating mesons baryons muons Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
E vs r Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Subshowers & Coherence of RF pulses Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Time Domain Waveforms Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
RF summary Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
RF Cerenkov Rings Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Sampling Cerenkov Ring Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
SP to ANITA Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Rates Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
END Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
Radial distributions by energy Air shower cores, May 14 2007 (Seckel)
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