Belov, K;
Mulrey, K;
Romero-Wolf, A;
Wissel, SA;
Zilles, A;
Bechtol, K;
Borch, K;
... Williams, C; + view all
(2016)
Accelerator Measurements of Magnetically Induced Radio Emission from Particle Cascades with Applications to Cosmic-Ray Air Showers.
Physical Review Letters
, 116
(14)
, Article 141103. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.141103.
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Abstract
For 50 years, cosmic-ray air showers have been detected by their radio emission. We present the first laboratory measurements that validate electrodynamics simulations used in air shower modeling. An experiment at SLAC provides a beam test of radio-frequency (rf) radiation from charged particle cascades in the presence of a magnetic field, a model system of a cosmic-ray air shower. This experiment provides a suite of controlled laboratory measurements to compare to particle-level simulations of rf emission, which are relied upon in ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray air shower detection. We compare simulations to data for intensity, linearity with magnetic field, angular distribution, polarization, and spectral content. In particular, we confirm modern predictions that the magnetically induced emission in a dielectric forms a cone that peaks at the Cherenkov angle and show that the simulations reproduce the data within systematic uncertainties.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Accelerator Measurements of Magnetically Induced Radio Emission from Particle Cascades with Applications to Cosmic-Ray Air Showers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.141103 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.141103 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 American Physical Society , K. Belov et al. (T-510 Collaboration), Accelerator Measurements of Magnetically Induced Radio Emission from Particle Cascades with Applications to Cosmic-Ray Air Showers, in: Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 141103. The final publication is available at APS via https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.141103. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Multidisciplinary, Physics, Neutrino Detection, Pulses, Energy, Charge, Simulations, Radiation, Codalema, Coreas, Lofar, MHz |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1490578 |
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