A prototype system for detecting the radio-frequency pulse associated with cosmic ray air showers

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 498, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 256-288

  Green, Kevin ^a,c   Rosner, Jonathan L ^a   Suprun, Denis A ^a   Wilkerson, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Louis Dreyfus Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger array; Cosmic ray detectors; Extensive air showers; Radiation detectors; Radiation mechanics

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IONOSPHERE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS;

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 0037432090     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01995-2     Document Type: Article

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