Amplitude calibration of a digital radio antenna array for measuring cosmic ray air showers

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

Volumn 589, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-361

  Nehls, S ^a   Hakenjos, A ^b   Arts, M J ^c   Blumer J ^a,b   Bozdog, H ^a   van Cappellen, W A ^c   Falcke, H ^c,d   Haungs, A ^a   Horneffer, A ^d   Huege, T ^a   Isar, P G ^a   Kromer O ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air showers; Calibration; Cosmic rays; Electric field strength; Radio antenna array

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COSMIC RAYS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AIR SHOWERS; ELECTRONIC CHAINS; RADIO ANTENNA ARRAY;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 43049158120     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.092     Document Type: Article

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