The AMY experiment: Microwave emission from air shower plasmas

J. Alvarez-Muñiz , M. Blanco (1) , M. Boháčová , B. Buonomo , G. Cataldi , M.R. Coluccia , P. Creti , I. de Mitri , C. Di Giulio , P. Facal San Luis , L. Foggetta , R. Gaïor (1) , D. Garcia-Fernandez , M. Iarlori , S. Le Coz (2) , A. Letessier-Selvon (1) , K. Louedec (2) , I.C. Maris , D. Martello , G. Mazzitelli , M. Monasor , L. Perrone , S. Petrera , P. Privitera , V. Rizi , G. Rodriguez , F. Salamida (3) , G. Salina , M. Settimo (1) , P. Valente , J.R. Vazquez , V. Verzi , C. Williams

1 LPNHE - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
2 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie
3 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay

You The Air Microwave Yield (AMY) experiment investigate the molecular bremsstrahlung radiation emitted in the GHz frequency range from an electron beam induced air-shower. The measurements have been performed at the Beam Test Facility (BTF) of Frascati INFN National Laboratories with a 510MeV electron beam in a wide frequency range between 1 and 20GHz. We present the apparatus and the results of the tests performed.

Mots clés: electron: beam; microwaves: emission; radiation: emission; AMY; air; bremsstrahlung; showers; plasma

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]

J. Alvarez-Muñiz, M. Blanco, M. Boháčová, B. Buonomo, G. Cataldi, et al.. The AMY experiment: Microwave emission from air shower plasmas. 5th Roma International Conference on Astro-Particle physics, Sep 2014, Noto, Italy. pp.03010, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201612103010⟩. ⟨hal-01815318⟩