Optimal radio window for the detection of Ultra-High Energy cosmic rays and neutrinos off the moon

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-229

  Scholten, O ^a   Bacelar, J ^a   Braun, R ^b   de Bruyn, A G ^b,c   Falcke, H ^b,d   Stappers, B ^b,e   Strom, R G ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRINOS; OPTIMAL RADIO WINDOWS; RADIO SIGNALS; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FLUXES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RADIO TELESCOPES; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 33749535681     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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