ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES FROM HIGH-ENERGY SHOWERS - IMPLICATIONS FOR NEUTRINO DETECTION

被引:268
作者
ZAS, E [1 ]
HALZEN, F [1 ]
STANEV, T [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV DELAWARE,BARTOL RES INST,NEWARK,DE 19716
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1992年 / 45卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.45.362
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We review the properties of electromagnetic showers in dense media and calculate in detail the associated electromagnetic pulses generated by shower electrons. We perform real-time simulations recording the charge, trajectory, and time of each cascade particle and compute the associated electromagnetic wave. Our results are relevant to experiments detecting radio pulses from showers initiated by cosmic particles interacting with the Earth.
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页码:362 / 376
页数:15
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