Status of the lunar detection mode for cosmic particles of LOFAR

• Cosmic particles hitting Earth's moon produce radio emission via the Askaryan effect. If the resulting radio ns-pulse can be detected by radio telescopes, this technique potentially increases the available collective area for ZeV scale particles by several orders of magnitude compared to current experiments. The LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) is the largest radio telescope operating in the optimum frequency regime for this technique. In this contribution, we report on the status of the implementation of the lunar detection mode at LOFAR. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)

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Cosmic rays

Moon

Radio telescopes

Askaryan effects

Cosmic particles

Detection mode

Low frequency arrays

Optimum frequency

Orders of magnitude

Radio emission

Cosmology

Astroparticle Physics

Astropartikelfysik

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