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arxiv: 1605.02564 · v2 · submitted 2016-05-09 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · astro-ph.IM· hep-ex

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Measurement of the Radiation Energy in the Radio Signal of Extensive Air Showers as a Universal Estimator of Cosmic-Ray Energy

The Pierre Auger Collaboration: Alexander Aab , Pedro Abreu , Marco Aglietta , Eun-Joo Ahn , Imen Al Samarai , Ivone Albuquerque , Ingomar Allekotte , Patrick Allison
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Alejandro Almela Jesus Alvarez Castillo Jaime Alvarez-Mu\~niz Rafael Alves Batista Michelangelo Ambrosio Amin Aminaei Gioacchino Alex Anastasi Luis Anchordoqui Sofia Andringa Carla Aramo Fernando Arqueros Nicusor Arsene Hern\'an Gonzalo Asorey Pedro Assis Julien Aublin Gualberto Avila Nafiun Awal Alina Mihaela Badescu Colin Baus Jim Beatty Karl Heinz Becker Jose A. Bellido Corinne Berat Mario Edoardo Bertaina Xavier Bertou Peter Biermann Pierre Billoir Simon G. Blaess Alberto Blanco Miguel Blanco Jiri Blazek Carla Bleve Hans Bl\"umer Martina Boh\'a\v{c}ov\'a Denise Boncioli Carla Bonifazi Nataliia Borodai Jeffrey Brack Iliana Brancus Thomas Bretz Ariel Bridgeman Pedro Brogueira Peter Buchholz Antonio Bueno Stijn Buitink Mario Buscemi Karen S. Caballero-Mora Barbara Caccianiga Lorenzo Caccianiga Marina Candusso Laurentiu Caramete Rossella Caruso Antonella Castellina Gabriella Cataldi Lorenzo Cazon Rosanna Cester Alan G. Chavez Andrea Chiavassa Jose Augusto Chinellato Jiri Chudoba Marco Cilmo Roger W Clay Giuseppe Cocciolo Roberta Colalillo Alan Coleman Laura Collica Maria Rita Coluccia Ruben Concei\c{c}\~ao Fernando Contreras Mathew J. Cooper Alain Cordier Stephane Coutu Corbin Covault James Cronin Richard Dallier Bruno Daniel Sergio Dasso Kai Daumiller Bruce R. Dawson Rogerio M. de Almeida Sijbrand J. de Jong Giuseppe De Mauro Joao de Mello Neto Ivan De Mitri Jaime de Oliveira Vitor de Souza Luis Del Peral Olivier Deligny Niraj Dhital Claudio Di Giulio Armando di Matteo Johana Chirinos Diaz Mary Lucia D\'iaz Castro Francisco Diogo Carola Dobrigkeit Wendy Docters Juan Carlos D'Olivo Alexei Dorofeev Qader Dorosti Hasankiadeh Rita dos Anjos Maria Teresa Dova Jan Ebr Ralph Engel Martin Erdmann Mona Erfani Carlos O. Escobar Joao Espadanal Alberto Etchegoyen Heino Falcke Ke Fang Glennys Farrar Anderson Fauth Norberto Fazzini Andrew P. Ferguson Brian Fick Juan Manuel Figueira Alberto Filevich Andrej Filip\v{c}i\v{c} Octavian Fratu Mart\'in Miguel Freire Toshihiro Fujii Beatriz Garc\'ia Diego Garcia-Gamez Diego Garcia-Pinto Florian Gate Hartmut Gemmeke Alexandru Gherghel-Lascu Piera Luisa Ghia Ugo Giaccari Marco Giammarchi Maria Giller Dariusz G{\l}as Christian Glaser Henry Glass Geraldina Golup Mariano G\'omez Berisso Primo F. G\'omez Vitale Nicol\'as Gonz\'alez Ben Gookin Jacob Gordon Alessio Gorgi Peter Gorham Philippe Gouffon Nathan Griffith Aurelio Grillo Trent D. Grubb Fausto Guarino Germano Guedes Mat\'ias Rolf Hampel Patricia Hansen Diego Harari Thomas A. Harrison Sebastian Hartmann John Harton Andreas Haungs Thomas Hebbeker Dieter Heck Philipp Heimann Alexander E. Herve Gary C. Hill Carlos Hojvat Nicholas Hollon Ewa Holt Piotr Homola J\"org H\"orandel Pavel Horvath Miroslav Hrabovsk\'y Daniel Huber Tim Huege Antonio Insolia Paula Gina Isar Ingolf Jandt Stefan Jansen Cecilia Jarne Jeffrey A. Johnsen Mariela Josebachuili Alex K\"a\"ap\"a Olga Kambeitz Karl Heinz Kampert Peter Kasper Igor Katkov Bianca Keilhauer Ernesto Kemp Roger Kieckhafer Hans Klages Matthias Kleifges Jonny Kleinfeller Raphael Krause Nicole Krohm Daniel Kuempel Gasper Kukec Mezek Norbert Kunka Alaa Metwaly Kuotb Awad Danielle LaHurd Luca Latronico Robert Lauer Markus Lauscher Pascal Lautridou Sandra Le Coz Didier Lebrun Paul Lebrun Marcelo Augusto Leigui de Oliveira Antoine Letessier-Selvon Isabelle Lhenry-Yvon Katrin Link Luis Lopes Rebeca L\'opez Aida L\'opez Casado Karim Louedec Agustin Lucero Max Malacari Manuela Mallamaci Jennifer Maller Dusan Mandat Paul Mantsch Analisa Mariazzi Vincent Marin Ioana Mari\c{s} Giovanni Marsella Daniele Martello Humberto Martinez Oscar Mart\'inez Bravo Diane Martraire Jimmy Mas\'ias Meza Hermann-Josef Mathes Sebastian Mathys James Matthews John Matthews Giorgio Matthiae Daniela Maurizio Eric Mayotte Peter Mazur Carlos Medina Gustavo Medina-Tanco Rebecca Meissner Victor Mello Diego Melo Alexander Menshikov Stefano Messina Maria Isabel Micheletti Lukas Middendorf Ignacio A. 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Nguyen Mihai Niculescu-Oglinzanu Marcus Niechciol Lukas Niemietz Tim Niggemann Dave Nitz Dalibor Nosek Vladimir Novotny Lyberis No\v{z}ka Luis N\'u\~nez Livingstone Ochilo Foteini Oikonomou Angela Olinto Noelia Pacheco Daniel Pakk Selmi-Dei Miroslav Palatka Juan Pallotta Philipp Papenbreer Gonzalo Parente Alejandra Parra Thomas Paul Miroslav Pech Jan P\k{e}kala Rodrigo Pelayo Iuri Pepe Lorenzo Perrone Emily Petermann Christine Peters Sergio Petrera Yevgeniy Petrov Jamyang Phuntsok Ricardo Piegaia Tanguy Pierog Pablo Pieroni M\'ario Pimenta Valerio Pirronello Manuel Platino Matthias Plum Alessio Porcelli Czeslaw Porowski Raul Ribeiro Prado Paolo Privitera Michael Prouza Eduardo J Quel Sven Querchfeld Sean Quinn Julian Rautenberg Olivier Ravel Diego Ravignani Darius Reinert Beno\^it Revenu Jan Ridky Markus Risse Pablo Ristori Vincenzo Rizi Washington Rodrigues de Carvalho Jorge Rub\'en Rodriguez Rojo Maria Dolores Rodr\'iguez-Fr\'ias Dmytro Rogozin Jaime Rosado Markus Roth Esteban Roulet Adrian Rovero Steven J. 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Daniel Supanitsky Michael Sutherland John Swain Zbigniew Szadkowski Oscar Alejandro Taborda Alex Tapia Andreas Tepe Vanessa Menezes Theodoro Charles Timmermans Carlos J. Todero Peixoto Gabriel Toma Lenka Tomankova Bernardo Tom\'e Aurelio Tonachini Guillermo Torralba Elipe Diego Torres Machado Petr Travnicek Marta Trini Ralf Ulrich Michael Unger Martin Urban Jose F. Vald\'es Galicia Ines Vali\~no Laura Valore Guus van Aar Patrick van Bodegom Ad M. van den Berg Sjoert van Velzen Arjen van Vliet Enrique Varela Bernardo Vargas C\'ardenas Gary Varner Rafael Vasquez Jose R. 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keywords energycosmic-rayextensiveradiationradioshowersaugercomparison
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We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of 15.8 \pm 0.7 (stat) \pm 6.7 (sys) MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from state-of-the-art first-principle calculations shows agreement with our measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.

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