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Upgrading the OVRO-LWA for improved cosmic ray detection capabilities

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Plant, Kathryn ; Hallinan, Gregg ; Romero-Wolf, Andres ; Monroe, Ryan ; Kocz, Jonathon ; Nelles, Anna ; Anderson, Marin ; Eastwood, Michael ; D'Addario, Larry ; Woody, David ; Lamb, James ; Carvalho, Washington, Jr. ; Belov, Konstantin
Número total de Autores: 13
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: 36TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, ICRC2019; v. N/A, p. 8-pg., 2021-01-01.
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The Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array has made self-triggered radio detections of cosmic-ray air showers (Monroe et al. 2019 submitted, see Romero-Wolf et al. proceedings PoS(ICRC2019)405) using 256 irregularly-spaced dual-polarization dipole antennas with similar to 60MHz bandwidth centered around 55 MHz and maximum antenna separations of 1.5 km. Over the next two years, an upgrade to 352 antennas up to 2.6 km apart and new signal processing infrastructure will expand the capabilities of the array, including its sensitivity to cosmic ray air showers. In addition to the benefit of a larger area, wider antenna separations will improve the sensitivity to inclined events, thus increasing the detection rate of higher-energy cosmic rays. Furthermore, an observing mode with hierarchical beam-forming (grouping subsets of dipoles in-phase) will increase the detection rate of lower-energy cosmic rays. Detecting air showers requires response to ten-nanosecond-timescale signals, coincidenced across the array, and thus requires novel FPGA firmware. This poster will focus on the preliminary design of the new digital signal processing system. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 18/18876-3 - Otimização do array de rádio OVRO-LWA para a detecção de raios cósmicos
Beneficiário:Washington Rodrigues de Carvalho Junior
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Pós-Doutorado
Processo FAPESP: 15/15735-1 - Investigação da composição dos raios cósmicos de ultra alta energia utilizando a técnica de detecção por rádio
Beneficiário:Washington Rodrigues de Carvalho Junior
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado