Open AccessExtensive Air Shower Reconstruction using the timing information from the RF-system of the Astroneu array
Author(s) -
Stavros is,
A. Leisos,
A. Tsirigotis,
G. Bourlis,
K. Papageorgiou,
I. Gkialas,
I. Manthos,
S. Tzamarias
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2105/1/012018
Subject(s) - air shower , detector , cosmic ray , physics , scintillator , scintillation , telescope , antenna (radio) , coincidence , ultra high energy cosmic ray , antenna array , energy (signal processing) , optics , astronomy , telecommunications , computer science , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics
The Astroneu cosmic ray telescope is a distributed hybrid array consisting of both scintillator counters and RF antenna detectors used for the detection of extensive air showers (EAS). The array is deployed at the Hellenic Open University campus, on the outskirts of the urban area of Patras in Greece. In the present development phase, the Astroneu telescope includes two stations consisting of 3 scintillation detectors modules (SDM) and one RF antenna while a third station includes 3 particle detectors and 4 RF antennas (3SDM-4RF). In each station, the RF-detectors are operating receiving a common trigger upon a 3-fold coincidence between the particle detectors of the station. In this study we present recent results from the 3SDM-4RF autonomous station related to the estimation of the direction of the incoming cosmic air shower using only the timing information from the 4 RF detectors. The directions of the reconstructed showers using the RF timing are in agreement with the corresponding results using the SDMs timing as well as with the simulation predictions. This verifies that the RF signal emitted from EAS originating form Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR), can be detected even in areas with strong electromagnetic background.