Drone-based calibration of AugerPrime radio antennas at the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.470.0029" target="_blank" >10.22323/1.470.0029</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Drone-based calibration of AugerPrime radio antennas at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Original language description

Radio emissions of extensive air showers can be observed at the Pierre Auger Observatory with the AugerPrime Radio Detector (RD). As part of the AugerPrime upgrade, RD is being installed on 1660 water-Cherenkov detectors on an area of about 3000 km2 and consists of dual-polarized Short Aperiodic Loaded Loop Antennas (SALLA). To achieve high measurement precision, RD needs to be well-calibrated, which requires the antenna response pattern to be well-known. We introduce a method to measure the directional response of the SALLA using a well-defined biconical antenna mounted to a drone. The drone-based setup possesses active stabilization and precise pointing with the use of a gimbal. Additionally, the drone's position is tracked using differential GPS with O (cm) precision. This setup allows us to precisely extract the antenna response pattern from any direction in the frequency range of 30−80 MHz . In a recent in-situ campaign, calibration measurements of the AugerPrime radio detector have been performed. First results of these measurements are presented and compared to simulations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10303 - Particles and field physics

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of Science

ISBN

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ISSN

1824-8039

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

029

Publisher name

Sissa Medialab Srl

Place of publication

Trieste

Event location

Chicago

Event date

Jun 11, 2024

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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