EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2017)

Interpretation of the cosmic-ray air shower signal in Askaryan radio detectors

  • de Vries Krijn D.,
  • Buitink Stijn,
  • van Eijndhoven Nick,
  • Meures Thomas,
  • O’Murchadha Aongus,
  • Scholten Olaf

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713505001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 135
p. 05001

Abstract

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We discuss the radio emission from a cosmic-ray air shower propagating in air before it hits an air-ice boundary after which it completes its propagation inside the ice. The in-air emission, the in-ice emission, as well as the transition radiation from the shower crossing the boundary is considered. We discuss the interpretation of the radio signal observed by an in-ice observer.