Physics Letters B (Dec 2016)
A comparison of the cosmic-ray energy scales of Tunka-133 and KASCADE-Grande via their radio extensions Tunka-Rex and LOPES
- W.D. Apel,
- J.C. Arteaga-Velázquez,
- L. Bähren,
- P.A. Bezyazeekov,
- K. Bekk,
- M. Bertaina,
- P.L. Biermann,
- J. Blümer,
- H. Bozdog,
- I.M. Brancus,
- N.M. Budnev,
- E. Cantoni,
- A. Chiavassa,
- K. Daumiller,
- V. de Souza,
- F. Di Pierro,
- P. Doll,
- R. Engel,
- H. Falcke,
- O. Fedorov,
- B. Fuchs,
- H. Gemmeke,
- O.A. Gress,
- C. Grupen,
- A. Haungs,
- D. Heck,
- R. Hiller,
- J.R. Hörandel,
- A. Horneffer,
- D. Huber,
- T. Huege,
- P.G. Isar,
- K.-H. Kampert,
- D. Kang,
- Y. Kazarina,
- M. Kleifges,
- E.E. Korosteleva,
- D. Kostunin,
- O. Krömer,
- J. Kuijpers,
- L.A. Kuzmichev,
- K. Link,
- N. Lubsandorzhiev,
- P. Łuczak,
- M. Ludwig,
- H.J. Mathes,
- M. Melissas,
- R.R. Mirgazov,
- R. Monkhoev,
- C. Morello,
- J. Oehlschläger,
- E.A. Osipova,
- A. Pakhorukov,
- N. Palmieri,
- L. Pankov,
- T. Pierog,
- V.V. Prosin,
- J. Rautenberg,
- H. Rebel,
- M. Roth,
- G.I. Rubtsov,
- C. Rühle,
- A. Saftoiu,
- H. Schieler,
- A. Schmidt,
- S. Schoo,
- F.G. Schröder,
- O. Sima,
- G. Toma,
- G.C. Trinchero,
- A. Weindl,
- R. Wischnewski,
- J. Wochele,
- J. Zabierowski,
- A. Zagorodnikov,
- J.A. Zensus
Affiliations
- W.D. Apel
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- J.C. Arteaga-Velázquez
- Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
- L. Bähren
- ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
- P.A. Bezyazeekov
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- K. Bekk
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- M. Bertaina
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
- P.L. Biermann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
- J. Blümer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany; Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- H. Bozdog
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- I.M. Brancus
- National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
- N.M. Budnev
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- E. Cantoni
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy; Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, INAF Torino, Torino, Italy
- A. Chiavassa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
- K. Daumiller
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- V. de Souza
- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
- F. Di Pierro
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
- P. Doll
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- R. Engel
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- H. Falcke
- ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands; Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany; Department of Astrophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen, AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- O. Fedorov
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- B. Fuchs
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- H. Gemmeke
- Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- O.A. Gress
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- C. Grupen
- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
- A. Haungs
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- D. Heck
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- R. Hiller
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany; Corresponding author.
- J.R. Hörandel
- Department of Astrophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen, AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- A. Horneffer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
- D. Huber
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- T. Huege
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- P.G. Isar
- Institute for Space Sciences, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
- K.-H. Kampert
- Fachbereich C, Physik, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
- D. Kang
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Y. Kazarina
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- M. Kleifges
- Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- E.E. Korosteleva
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics MSU, Moscow, Russia
- D. Kostunin
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- O. Krömer
- Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- J. Kuijpers
- Department of Astrophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen, AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- L.A. Kuzmichev
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics MSU, Moscow, Russia
- K. Link
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- N. Lubsandorzhiev
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics MSU, Moscow, Russia
- P. Łuczak
- Department of Astrophysics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Łódź, Poland
- M. Ludwig
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- H.J. Mathes
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- M. Melissas
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- R.R. Mirgazov
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- R. Monkhoev
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- C. Morello
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, INAF Torino, Torino, Italy
- J. Oehlschläger
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- E.A. Osipova
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics MSU, Moscow, Russia
- A. Pakhorukov
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- N. Palmieri
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- L. Pankov
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- T. Pierog
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- V.V. Prosin
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics MSU, Moscow, Russia
- J. Rautenberg
- Fachbereich C, Physik, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
- H. Rebel
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- M. Roth
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- G.I. Rubtsov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- C. Rühle
- Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- A. Saftoiu
- National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
- H. Schieler
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- A. Schmidt
- Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- S. Schoo
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- F.G. Schröder
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- O. Sima
- Department of Physics, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- G. Toma
- National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
- G.C. Trinchero
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, INAF Torino, Torino, Italy
- A. Weindl
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- R. Wischnewski
- DESY, Zeuthen, Germany
- J. Wochele
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- J. Zabierowski
- Department of Astrophysics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Łódź, Poland
- A. Zagorodnikov
- Institute of Applied Physics ISU, Irkutsk, Russia
- J.A. Zensus
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 763
pp. 179 – 185
Abstract
The radio technique is a promising method for detection of cosmic-ray air showers of energies around 100PeV and higher with an array of radio antennas. Since the amplitude of the radio signal can be measured absolutely and increases with the shower energy, radio measurements can be used to determine the air-shower energy on an absolute scale. We show that calibrated measurements of radio detectors operated in coincidence with host experiments measuring air showers based on other techniques can be used for comparing the energy scales of these host experiments. Using two approaches, first via direct amplitude measurements, and second via comparison of measurements with air shower simulations, we compare the energy scales of the air-shower experiments Tunka-133 and KASCADE-Grande, using their radio extensions, Tunka-Rex and LOPES, respectively. Due to the consistent amplitude calibration for Tunka-Rex and LOPES achieved by using the same reference source, this comparison reaches an accuracy of approximately 10% – limited by some shortcomings of LOPES, which was a prototype experiment for the digital radio technique for air showers. In particular we show that the energy scales of cosmic-ray measurements by the independently calibrated experiments KASCADE-Grande and Tunka-133 are consistent with each other on this level. Keywords: Cosmic rays, Radio detection, LOPES, Tunka-Rex, Tunka-133, KASCADE-Grande
