The Air Microwave Yield (AMY) experiment - A laboratory measurement of the microwave emission from extensive air showers
Year: 2013
Type: preprint
Abstract: The AMY experiment aims to measure the microwave bremsstrahlung radiation (MBR) emitted by air-showers secondary electrons accelerating in collisions with neutral molecules of the atmosphere. The measurements are performed using a beam of 510 MeV electrons at the Beam Test Facility (BTF) of Frascati INFN National Laboratories. The goal of the AMY experiment is to measure in laboratory conditions the yield and the spectrum of the GHz emission in the frequency range between 1 and 20 GHz. The final purpose is to characterise the process to be used in a next generation detectors of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. A description of the experimental setup and the first results are presented.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Louedec, K., Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Blanco, M., Bohácová, M., Buonomo, B., Cataldi, G., Coluccia, M. R., Creti, P., De Mitri, I., Di Giulio, C., Luis, P. Facal San, Foggetta, L., Gaïor, R., Garcia-Fernandez, D., Iarlori, M., Coz, S. Le, Letessier-Selvon, A., Mariş, I. C., Martello, D., Mazzitelli, G., Monasor, M., Perrone, L., Pesce, R., Petrera, S., Privitera, P., Rizi, V., Fernandez, G. Rodriguez, Salamida, F., Salina, G., Settimo, M., Valente, P., Vazquez, J. R., Verzi, V., Williams, C.
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Joseph Fourier, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce, University of Salento, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, University of L'Aquila, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7134463141