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Author(s):  
M. Bagatin ◽  
S. Gerardin ◽  
A. Paccagnella ◽  
G. Santin ◽  
A. Costantino ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harm Schoorlemmer ◽  
Washington R. Carvalho

AbstractWe developed a radio interferometric technique for the observation of extensive air showers initiated by cosmic particles. In this proof-of-principle study we show that properties of extensive air showers can be derived with high accuracy in a straightforward manner. When time synchronisation below $$\sim $$ ∼ 1 ns between different receivers can be achieved, direction reconstruction resolution of $$< 0.2^\circ $$ < 0 . 2 ∘ and resolution on the depth of shower maximum of $$<10$$ < 10  g/cm$$^2$$ 2 are obtained over the full parameter range studied, with even higher accuracy for inclined incoming directions. In addition, by applying the developed method to dense arrays of radio antennas, the energy threshold for the radio detection of extensive air showers can be significantly lowered. The proposed method can be incorporated in operational and future cosmic particle observatories and with its high accuracy it has the potential to play a crucial role in unravelling the composition of the ultra-high-energy cosmic-particle flux.


2021 ◽  
Vol 922 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Ellis R. Owen ◽  
Qin Han ◽  
Kinwah Wu ◽  
Y. X. Jane Yap ◽  
Pooja Surajbali

Abstract Ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic rays (CRs) of energies ∼(1018–1020) eV, accelerated in violent astrophysical environments, interact with cosmic background radiation fields via photo-hadronic processes, leading to strong attenuation. Typically, the Universe would become “opaque” to UHE CRs after several tens of megaparsecs, setting the boundary of the Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuz’min (GZK) horizon. In this work, we investigate the contribution of sources beyond the conventional GZK horizon to the UHE CR flux observed on Earth, when photospallation of the heavy nuclear CRs is taken into account. We demonstrate that this contribution is substantial, despite the strong attenuation of UHE CRs. A significant consequence is the emergence of an isotropic background component in the observed flux of UHE CRs, coexisting with the anisotropic foreground component that is associated with nearby sources. Multi-particle CR horizons, which evolve over redshift, are determined by the CR nuclear composition. Thus, they are dependent on the source populations and source evolutionary histories.


2021 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 1059-1064
Author(s):  
I. B. Unatlokov ◽  
Yu. Z. Afashokov ◽  
I. M. Dzaparova ◽  
D. D. Dzhappuev ◽  
E. A. Gorbacheva ◽  
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