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

Singh, K; Mevius, M; Scholten, O; Anderson, J M; van Ardenne, A; Arts, M; Avruch, M; Askegar, A; Bell, M; Bennema, P; Butcher, Harvey; Asgekar, A; Bentum, M J; Ciardi, Benedetta; Garrett, M A; Gunst, A W; van Haarlem, M P; Hoeft, M; Koopmans, L. V. E.; Kuper, G.; van Leeuwen, J; Maat, P; Mol, J. D.; Munk, H; Nijboer, R; Norden, M J; Pizzo, R; Polatidis, A.G.; Reich, W; de Reijer, J.-P.; Schoenmakers, Arno; Sluman, J; Tang, Y; Vermeulen, R.C.; de Vos, Marco; Wijnholds, S J; Wise, M J

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

Date

2012

Authors

Singh, K

Mevius, M

Scholten, O

Anderson, J M

van Ardenne, A

Arts, M

Avruch, M

Askegar, A

Bell, M

Bennema, P

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

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.