@inproceedings{3f83faada4ee4d34adf5e6462c284010,
title = "The influence of the atmospheric refractive index on radio Xmax measurements of air showers",
abstract = "The refractive index of the atmosphere, which is n ≈ 1:0003 at sea level, varies with altitude and with local temperature, pressure and humidity. When performing radio measurements of air showers, natural variations in n will change the radio lateral intensity distribution, by changing the Cherenkov angle. Using CoREAS simulations, we have evaluated the systematic error on measurements of the shower maximum Xmax due to variations in n. It was found that a 10% increase in refractivity (n - 1) leads to an underestimation of Xmax between 8 and 22 g/cm2 for proton-induced showers at zenith angles from 15 to 45 degrees, respectively.",
author = "Arthur Corstanje and Stijn Buitink and Antonio Bonardi and Heino Falcke and H{\"o}randel, {J{\"o}rg R.} and Pragati Mitra and Katie Mulrey and Anna Nelles and Rachen, {J{\"o}rg Paul} and Laura Rossetto and Pim Schellart and Olaf Scholten and Satyendra Thoudam and Gia Trinh and {Ter Veen}, Sander and Tobias Winchen",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.; 7th International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities, ARENA 2016 ; Conference date: 07-06-2016 Through 10-06-2016",
year = "2017",
month = mar,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1051/epjconf/201713501012",
language = "British English",
series = "EPJ Web of Conferences",
publisher = "EDP Sciences",
editor = "Horandel, {Jorg R.} and Robert Lahmann and Olaf Scholten and {De Jong}, Sijbrand and Rolf Nahnhauer and Stijn Buitink",
booktitle = "7th International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities, ARENA 2016",
address = "France",
}