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- Thesis awarded with the Dissertationspreis by Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
- Presents an instrumental innovation that could significantly improve detection abilities of cosmic rays
- Hot topic in the centenary of the discovery of cosmic rays
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Cosmic rays consist of elementary particles with enormous energy which originate from outside our solar system and constantly hit the Earth’s atmosphere. Where do these cosmic rays originate? How does nature accelerate the cosmic-ray particles to energies with orders of magnitude beyond the limits of manmade particle accelerators? What can we learn by measuring the interactions of the cosmic rays with the atmosphere? Digital radio-antenna arrays offer a promising, complementary measurement method for high-energy cosmic rays. This thesis reports on substantial advances in the development of the radio technique, which will be used to address these questions in future experiments.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut f. Technologie (KIT, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Frank G. Schröder
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Instruments and Methods for the Radio Detection of High Energy Cosmic Rays
Authors: Frank G. Schröder
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33660-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-33659-1Published: 14 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44867-6Published: 29 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-33660-7Published: 14 December 2012
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 190
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Particle and Nuclear Physics