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Type: Journal article
Title: Measurement of the radiation energy in the radio signal of extensive air showers as a universal sstimator of cosmic-ray energy
Author: Aab, A.
Abreu, P.
Aglietta, M.
Ahn, E.
Al Samarai, I.
Albuquerque, I.
Allekotte, I.
Allison, P.
Almela, A.
Alvarez Castillo, J.
Alvarez-Muñiz, J.
Alves Batista, R.
Ambrosio, M.
Aminaei, A.
Anastasi, G.
Anchordoqui, L.
Andringa, S.
Aramo, C.
Arqueros, F.
Arsene, N.
et al.
Citation: Physical Review Letters, 2016; 116(24):241101-1-241101-9
Publisher: American Physical Society
Issue Date: 2016
ISSN: 0031-9007
1079-7114
Statement of
Responsibility: 
A. Aab … S. G. Blaess … R.W. Clay … B. R. Dawson … T. D. Grubb … G. C. Hill … M. Malacari … S. J. Saffi … P. van Bodegom … et at. (for the Pierre Auger Collaboration)
Abstract: We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of 15.8±0.7(stat)±6.7(syst)  MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from state-of-the-art first-principles calculations shows agreement with our measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Keywords: Pierre Auger Collaboration
Rights: © 2016 American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241101
Grant ID: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150101622
Published version: http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241101
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