LORA: A scintillator array for LOFAR to measure extensive air showers

S. Thoudam; S. Buitink; A. Corstanje; J. E. Enriquez; H. Falcke; W. Frieswijk; J. R. Hörandel; A. Horneffer; M. Krause; A. Nelles; P. Schellart; O. Scholten; S. Ter Veen; M. Van Den Akker

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.021

LORA: A scintillator array for LOFAR to measure extensive air showers

S. Thoudam
, S. Buitink
, A. Corstanje
, J. E. Enriquez
, H. Falcke
, W. Frieswijk
, J. R. Hörandel
, A. Horneffer
, M. Krause
, A. Nelles
, P. Schellart
, O. Scholten
, S. Ter Veen
, M. Van Den Akker

Physics

Radboud University Nijmegen
University Groningen
Netherlands Institute of Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
NIKHEF
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

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Abstract

The measurement of the radio emission from extensive air showers, induced by high-energy cosmic rays, is one of the key science projects of the LOFAR radio telescope. The LOfar Radboud air shower Array (LORA) has been installed in the core of LOFAR in the Netherlands. The main purpose of LORA is to measure the properties of air showers and to trigger the read-out of the LOFAR radio antennas to register extensive air showers. The experimental set-up of the array of scintillation detectors and its performance are described.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	339-346
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	767
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.021
State	Published - 11 Dec 2014

Keywords

Cosmic rays
Extensive air showers
LOFAR
LORA
Radio detection
Scintillation detectors

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Thoudam, S., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J. E., Falcke, H., Frieswijk, W., Hörandel, J. R., Horneffer, A., Krause, M., Nelles, A., Schellart, P., Scholten, O., Ter Veen, S., & Van Den Akker, M. (2014). LORA: A scintillator array for LOFAR to measure extensive air showers. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 767, 339-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.021

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