Monte Carlo simulations of radio pulses in atmospheric showers using ZHAireS
By J. Álvarez-Muñiz, W. Carvalho, E. Zas. 2011
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Abstract We present predictions for the radio pulses emitted by extensive air showers using ZHAireS, an AIRES-based Monte Carlo code that takes into account the full complexity of ultra-high energy cosmic-ray induced shower development in the atmosphere, and allows the calculation of the electric field in both the time and frequency domains. We do not presuppose any emission mechanism and our results are compatible with a superposition of geomagnetic and charge excess radio emission effects. We investigate the polarization of the electric field as well as the effects of the refractive index n and shower geometry on the radio pulses. We show that geometry, coupled to the relativistic effects that appear when using a realistic refractive index n > 1, play a prominent role on the radio emission of air showers.
Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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- Coherent emission mechanisms in astrophysical plasmas (2017, methodology): “An alternative interpretation, that applies for any emission mechanism, involves inverting the Fourier transform to identify the electric field at t,x associated with each of the particles; the square of the total electric field far from the emission region includes the cross terms between the elect”
- Detecting cosmic rays with the LOFAR radio telescope (2013, background): “…by EDP Sciences A98, page 1 of 14 A&A 560, A98 (2013) Theoretical models describing the different emission mechanisms at play point to a very detailed and non-symmetrical emission pattern at ground level (Werner et al. 2012; Alvarez-Muñiz et al. 2012; Marin & Revenu 2012; Huege et al. 2013).”
- The Muon Puzzle in cosmic-ray induced air showers and its connection to the Large Hadron Collider (2021, methodology): “Radio emission is generated with the ZHAIRES extension (Alvarez-Muniz et al. 2012).”