Speaker
Dr
Matthias Kleifges
(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) - IPE)
Description
The measurement of radio signals from air showers is studied in detail with the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) at the site of the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina. The first stage of AERA is in operation since autumn 2010 and consists of 23 autonomous radio-detector stations. The design of the stations including the radio antennas, the electronics system and the communications system is presented. In the next 12 months AERA will grow to a size of 150 stations covering an area of 20 km2. First physics results and improvements for this next stage of AERA will be discussed.
for the collaboration
Pierre Auger Collaboration
http://www.auger.org/admin/Collaborators/author_list_alphabetical.htm
Primary author
Dr
Matthias Kleifges
(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) - IPE)
