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The MIDAS experiment: A prototype for the microwave emission of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

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arxiv 1010.5224 v2 pith:PREDXERB submitted 2010-10-25 astro-ph.HE astro-ph.IM

M. Monasor , I. Alekotte , J. Alvarez-Muniz , A. Berlin , X.Bertou , M. Bodgan , M. Bohacova , C. Bonifazi
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W. Carvalho J.R.T. de Mello Neto J.F. Genat P. Facal San Luis E. Mills B. Rouille d'Orfeuil S. Wayne L.C. Reyes E.M. Santos P. Privitera C. Williams E. Zas
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Recent measurements suggest that extensive air showers initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) emit signals in the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum caused by the collisions of the free-electrons with the atmospheric neutral molecules in the plasma produced by the passage of the shower. Such emission is isotropic and could allow the detection of air showers with 100% duty cycle and a calorimetric-like energy measurement, a significant improvement over current detection techniques. We have built MIDAS (MIcrowave Detection of Air Showers), a prototype of microwave detector, which consists of a 4.5 m diameter antenna with a cluster of 53 feed-horns in the 4 GHz range. The details of the prototype and first results will be presented.

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