EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2016)

The AMY experiment: Microwave emission from air shower plasmas

  • Alvarez-Muñiz J.,
  • Blanco M.,
  • Boháčová M.,
  • Buonomo B.,
  • Cataldi G.,
  • Coluccia M.R.,
  • Creti P.,
  • De Mitri I.,
  • Di Giulio C.,
  • Facal San Luis P.,
  • Foggetta L.,
  • Gaïor R.,
  • Garcia-Fernandez D.,
  • Iarlori M.,
  • Le Coz S.,
  • Letessier-Selvon A.,
  • Louedec K.,
  • Maris I.C.,
  • Martello D.,
  • Mazzitelli G.,
  • Monasor M.,
  • Perrone L.,
  • Petrera S.,
  • Privitera P.,
  • Rizi V.,
  • Rodriguez Fernandez G.,
  • Salamida F.,
  • Salina G.,
  • Settimo M.,
  • Valente P.,
  • Vazquez J.R.,
  • Verzi V.,
  • Williams C.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612103010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 121
p. 03010

Abstract

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You The Air Microwave Yield (AMY) experiment investigate the molecular bremsstrahlung radiation emitted in the GHz frequency range from an electron beam induced air-shower. The measurements have been performed at the Beam Test Facility (BTF) of Frascati INFN National Laboratories with a 510 MeV electron beam in a wide frequency range between 1 and 20 GHz. We present the apparatus and the results of the tests performed.