Detection and imaging of atmospheric radio flashes from cosmic ray air showers

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7040, 2005, Pages 313-316

  Falcke, H ^a,d,h   Apel, W D ^f   Badea, A F ^f   Bahren L ^d   Bekk, K ^f   Bercuci, A ^c   Bertaina, M ^j   Biermann, P L ^a   Blumer J ^e,f   Bozdog, H ^f   Brancus, I M ^c   Buitink, S ^h   Bruggemann M ⁱ   Buchholz, P ⁱ   Butcher, H ^d   Chiavassa, A ^j   Daumiller, K ^f   De Bruyn, A G ^d   De Vos, C M ^d   Di Pierro, F ^j   Doll, P ^f   Engel, R ^f   Gemmeke, H ^f   Ghia, P L ^k   Glasstetter, R ^l   Grupen, C ⁱ   Haungs, A ^f   Heck, D ^f   Horandel J R ^e   Horneffer, A ^a   Huege, T ^a   Kampert, K H ^l   Kant, G W ^d   Klein, U ^b   Kolotaev, Y ⁱ   Koopman, Y ^c   Kromer O ^f   Kuijpers, J ^h   Lafebre, S ^h   Maier, G ^f,m   Mathes, H J ^f   Mayer, H J ^f   Milke, J ^f   Mitrica, B ^c   Morello, C ^k   Navarra, G ^j   Nehls, S ^f   Nigl, A ^h   Obenland, R ^f   Oehlschlager J ^f   Ostapchenko, S ^f   Over, S ⁱ   Pepping, H J ^d   Petcu, M ^c   Petrovic, J ^h   Plewnia, S ^f   Rebel, H ^f   Risse, A ^g   Roth, M ^e   Schieler, H ^f   Schoonderbeek, G ^d   Sima, O ^c   Stumpert M ^e   Toma, G ^c   Trinchero, G C ^k   Ulrich, H ^f   Valchierotti, S ^j   Van Buren, J ^f   Van Cappellen, W ^d   Walkowiak, W ⁱ   Weindl, A ^f   Wijnholds, S ^d   Wochele, J ^f   Zabierowski, J ^g   Zensus, J A ^a   Zimmermann, D ⁱ   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^d ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^k Istituto di Fisica Dello Spazio Interplanetario INAF   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ATTENUATION; CALORIMETRY; DEMODULATORS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

AIR SHOWERS; COSMIC MICROWAVES; NEUTRINOS; RADIO FLASHES;

COSMIC RAYS;

PROTON;

COSMIC RAY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CALORIMETRY; COSMIC RADIATION; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEUTRINO; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 21144472976     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03614     Document Type: Article

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