Optimized trigger for ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray and neutrino observations with the low frequency radio array

K. Singh (1) , M. Mevius (1) , O. Scholten (2) , J.M. Anderson (3) , A. van Ardenne , M. Arts , M. Avruch , A. Asgekar (1) , M. Bell (4) , P. Bennema , M. Bentum (1) , G. Bernadi , P. Best (5) , A.-J. Boonstra (1) , J. Bregman (1) , R. van de Brink (1) , C. Broekema , W. Brouw (6) , M. Brueggen , S. Buitink (7) , H. Butcher (8) , W. van Cappellen (9) , B. Ciardi (10) , A. Coolen (11) , S. Damstra , R. Dettmar (12) , G. van Diepen , K. Dijkstra , P. Donker , A. Doorduin , M. Drost , A. van Duin (1) , J. Eisloeffel , H. Falcke (7) , M. Garrett (13) , M. Gerbers (1) , Jean-Mathias Griessmeier (14) , T. Grit (1) , P. Gruppen , A. Gunst (1) , M. van Haarlem (1) , M. Hoeft (15) , H. Holties (1) , J. Hörandel (7) , L.A. Horneffer , A. Huijgen , C. James , A. de Jong , D. Kant , E. Kooistra , Y. Koopman , L. Koopmans (6) , G. Kuper (1) , P. Lambropoulos (1, 6) , J. van Leeuwen (16, 1) , M. Loose (1) , P. Maat (1) , C. Mallary , R. Mcfadden (1) , H. Meulman (1) , J.-D. Mol , J. Morawietz , E. Mulder (17) , H. Munk (1) , L. Nieuwenhuis , R. Nijboer (1) , M.J. Norden (1) , J. Noordam (1) , R. Overeem , H. Paas , V.N. Pandey (6) , M. Pandey-Pommier (18) , R. Pizzo (1) , A. Polatidis (1) , W. Reich (3) , J. de Reijer , A. Renting (1) , P. Riemers , H. Roettgering , J. Romein , J. Roosjen , M. Ruiter , A. Schoenmakers (1) , G. Schoonderbeek , J. Sluman (1) , O. Smirnov , B. Stappers (19) , M. Steinmetz (20) , H. Stiepel , K. Stuurwold , Michel Tagger (14) , Y. Tang (21) , S. ter Veen (22) , R. Vermeulen , M. de Vos (1) , C. Vogt (1) , E. van Der Wal , H. Weggemans , S. Wijnholds (1) , M. Wise (16) , O. Wucknitz , S. Yattawatta , J. van Zwieten

1 ASTRON - Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
2 University of Groningen [Groningen]
3 MPIFR - Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
4 University of Southampton
5 University of Edinburgh
6 Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen]
7 Radboud University [Nijmegen]
8 RSAA - Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics [Canberra]
9 Department of Reproduction and Development
10 Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
11 London Institute for Mathematical Sciences
12 Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
13 Leiden Observatory [Leiden]
14 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
15 TLS - Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg
16 AI PANNEKOEK - Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek
17 DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine
18 CRAL - Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon
19 JBCA - Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
20 DSMZ - Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH / Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
21 UOR - University of Reading
22 IMAPP - Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics

When an ultra-high energy neutrino or cosmic-ray strikes the Lunar surface a radio-frequency pulse is emitted. We plan to use the LOFAR radio telescope to detect these pulses. In this work we propose an efficient trigger implementation for LOFAR optimized for the observation of short radio pulses.

Keywords: Ultra-high energy neutrinos; Ultra-high energy cosmic rays; LOFAR; Nano-second pulse detection; Frequency filter detection; Lunar radio detection

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]

K. Singh, M. Mevius, O. Scholten, J.M. Anderson, A. van Ardenne, et al.. Optimized trigger for ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray and neutrino observations with the low frequency radio array. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2012, 664 (1), pp.171-185. ⟨10.1016/j.nima.2011.10.041⟩. ⟨insu-01351035⟩