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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 60: Kosmische Strahlung 5
T 60.1: Group Report
Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 16:45–17:05, H 3
New results from the Auger Radio Engineering Array (Group report) — •Florian Briechle for the Pierre Auger collaboration — RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is an extension of the Pierre Auger Observatory. It is designed to measure the radio emission of extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays with energies above 1017 eV. AERA consists of more than 150 autonomous dual-polarized radio stations on an area of 17 km2 with a spacing ranging from 150 m to 750 m and a frequency bandwidth of 30 - 80 MHz. Data taking started in 2011. It is used for gaining a better understanding of the radio emission processes and measuring properties of the incoming primary cosmic ray. A special focus is put on the energy reconstruction, which has the potential for an improved absolute energy calibration of the Pierre Auger Observatory.
This talk gives an overview of the current status of the experiment and of the latest scientific findings.