Search for molecular bremsstrahlung radiation signals in Ku band with coincidental operations of radio telescopes with air shower detectors

oleh: Fukushima Masaki, Sakurai Nobuyuki, Fujii Toshihiro, Akimune Hidetoshi, Iijima Takashi, Kuramoto Kazuyuki, Yamamoto Tokonatsu, Ogio Shoichi, Sagawa Hiroyuki

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: EDP Sciences 2013-06-01

Deskripsi

Microwave radiation from extensive air showers is expected to provide a new technique to observe UHECR. We insatlled and operate radio telescopes in Osaka and at Telescope Array site in Utah, USA. In Osaka, we are coincidentally operating two Ku band radio telescopes with an air shower array which consists of nine plastic scintillators with about 10 m separation. In Utah, we installed two telescopes just beside the Black Rock Mesa fluorescence detector (FD) station of the Telescope Array experiment, and we operated the radio telescopes coincidentally with FD event triggers. We report the experimental setups and the results of these measurements.