Searching for The Origin of Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos with LOFAR

Project Information

LOFAR

Grant agreement ID: 640130

DOI 10.3030/640130

Project closed

EC signature date 22 May 2015

Start date 1 June 2015

End date 30 November 2020

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 500 000,00

EU contribution € 1 500 000,00

Coordinated by

VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL
Belgium

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (17)

Radio Emission Reveals Inner Meter-Scale Structure of Negative Lightning Leader Steps

Author(s): B. M. Hare, O. Scholten, J. Dwyer, U. Ebert, S. Nijdam, A. Bonardi, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, H. Falcke, T. Huege, J. R. Hörandel, G. K. Krampah, P. Mitra, K. Mulrey, B. Neijzen, A. Nelles, H. Pandya, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, T. N. G. Trinh, S. ter Veen, T. Winchen
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 124/10, 2020, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.105101

Needle-like structures discovered on positively charged lightning branches

Author(s): B. M. Hare, O. Scholten, J. Dwyer, T. N. G. Trinh, S. Buitink, S. ter Veen, A. Bonardi, A. Corstanje, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel, T. Huege, P. Mitra, K. Mulrey, A. Nelles, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, P. Schellart, T. Winchen, J. Anderson, I. M. Avruch, M. J. Bentum, R. Blaauw, J. W. Broderick, W. N. Brouw, M. Brüggen, H. R. Butcher, B. Ciardi, R. A. Fallows, E. de Geus, S. Duscha, J. Eislöffel, M
Published in: Nature, Issue 568/7752, 2019, Page(s) 360-363, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1086-6

Calibration of the LOFAR low-band antennas using the Galaxy and a model of the signal chain

Author(s): K. Mulrey, A. Bonardi, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, H. Falcke, B.M. Hare, J.R. Hörandel, T. Huege, P. Mitra, A. Nelles, J.P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, P. Schellart, O. Scholten, S. ter Veen, S. Thoudam, T.N.G. Trinh, T. Winchen
Published in: Astroparticle Physics, Issue 111, 2019, Page(s) 1-11, ISSN 0927-6505
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2019.03.004

Reconstructing air shower parameters with LOFAR using event specific GDAS atmosphere

Author(s): P. Mitra, A. Bonardi, A. Corstanje, S. Buitink, G.K. Krampah, H. Falcke, B.M. Hare, J.R. Hörandel, T. Huege, K. Mulrey, A. Nelles, J.P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, O. Scholten, S. ter Veen, T.N.G. Trinh, T. Winchen, H. Pandya
Published in: Astroparticle Physics, Issue 123, 2020, Page(s) 102470, ISSN 0927-6505
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2020.102470

Determining Electric Fields in Thunderclouds With the Radiotelescope LOFAR

Author(s): T. N. G. Trinh, O. Scholten, S. Buitink, U. Ebert, B. M. Hare, P. R. Krehbiel, H. Leijnse, A. Bonardi, A. Corstanje, H. Falcke, T. Huege, J. R. Hörandel, G. K. Krampah, P. Mitra, K. Mulrey, A. Nelles, H. Pandya, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, C. Rutjes, S. Veen, T. Winchen
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Issue 125/8, 2020, ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher: Wiley online
DOI: 10.1029/2019jd031433

On the cosmic-ray energy scale of the LOFAR radio telescope

Author(s): K. Mulrey, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, H. Falcke, B.M. Hare, J.R. Hörandel, T. Huege, G.K. Krampah, P. Mitra, A. Nelles, H. Pandya, J.P. Rachen, O. Scholten, S. ter Veen, S. Thoudam, T.N.G. Trinh, T. Winchen
Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 2020/11, 2020, Page(s) 017-017, ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/11/017

The effect of the atmospheric refractive index on the radio signal of extensive air showers

Author(s): A. Corstanje, A. Bonardi, S. Buitink, H. Falcke, J.R. Hörandel, P. Mitra, K. Mulrey, A. Nelles, J.P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, P. Schellart, O. Scholten, S. ter Veen, S. Thoudam, G. Trinh, T. Winchen
Published in: Astroparticle Physics, Issue 89, 2017, Page(s) 23-29, ISSN 0927-6505
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.01.009

Thunderstorm electric fields probed by extensive air showers through their polarized radio emission

Author(s): T. N. G. Trinh, O. Scholten, A. Bonardi, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, U. Ebert, J. E. Enriquez, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel, B. M. Hare, P. Mitra, K. Mulrey, A. Nelles, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, C. Rutjes, P. Schellart, S. Thoudam, S. ter Veen, T. Winchen
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 95/8, 2017, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.083004

Obscured flat spectrum radio active galactic nuclei as sources of high-energy neutrinos

Author(s): G. Maggi, S. Buitink, P. Correa, K. D. de Vries, G. Gentile, J. León Tavares, O. Scholten, N. van Eijndhoven, M. Vereecken, T. Winchen
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 94/10, 2016, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.103007

Energy spectrum of fast second order Fermi accelerators as sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

Author(s): Tobias Winchen, Stijn Buitink
Published in: Astroparticle Physics, Issue 102, 2018, Page(s) 25-31, ISSN 0927-6505
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2018.04.004

LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision

Author(s): B. M. Hare, O. Scholten, A. Bonardi, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, U. Ebert, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel, H. Leijnse, P. Mitra, K. Mulrey, A. Nelles, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, C. Rutjes, P. Schellart, S. Thoudam, T. N. G. Trinh, S. ter Veen, T. Winchen
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Issue 123/5, 2018, Page(s) 2861-2876, ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1002/2017JD028132

Calibrating the absolute amplitude scale for air showers measured at LOFAR

Author(s): A. Nelles, J. R. Hörandel, T. Karskens, M. Krause, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, J. E. Enriquez, M. Erdmann, H. Falcke, A. Haungs, R. Hiller, T. Huege, R. Krause, K. Link, M. J. Norden, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, P. Schellart, O. Scholten, F. G. Schröder, S. ter Veen, S. Thoudam, T. N. G. Trinh, K. Weidenhaupt, S. J. Wijnholds, J. Anderson, L. Bähren, M. E. Bell, M. J. Bentum, P. Best, A. Bonafede,
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 10/11, 2015, Page(s) P11005-P11005, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11005

Timing calibration and spectral cleaning of LOFAR time series data

Author(s): A. Corstanje, S. Buitink, J. E. Enriquez, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel, M. Krause, A. Nelles, J. P. Rachen, P. Schellart, O. Scholten, S. ter Veen, S. Thoudam, T. N. G. Trinh
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 590, 2016, Page(s) A41, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527809

A large light-mass component of cosmic rays at 1017–1017.5 electronvolts from radio observations

Author(s): S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel, T. Huege, A. Nelles, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, P. Schellart, O. Scholten, S. ter Veen, S. Thoudam, T. N. G. Trinh, J. Anderson, A. Asgekar, I. M. Avruch, M. E. Bell, M. J. Bentum, G. Bernardi, P. Best, A. Bonafede, F. Breitling, J. W. Broderick, W. N. Brouw, M. Brüggen, H. R. Butcher, D. Carbone, B. Ciardi, J. E. Conway, F. de Gasperin, E. de
Published in: Nature, Issue 531/7592, 2016, Page(s) 70-73, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/nature16976

Cosmic-ray energy spectrum and composition up to the ankle: the case for a second Galactic component

Author(s): S. Thoudam, J. P. Rachen, A. van Vliet, A. Achterberg, S. Buitink, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 595, 2016, Page(s) A33, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628894

Measurement of the circular polarization in radio emission from extensive air showers confirms emission mechanisms

Author(s): O. Scholten, T. N. G. Trinh, A. Bonardi, S. Buitink, P. Correa, A. Corstanje, Q. Dorosti Hasankiadeh, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel, P. Mitra, K. Mulrey, A. Nelles, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, P. Schellart, S. Thoudam, S. ter Veen, K. D. de Vries, T. Winchen
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 94/10, 2016, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.103010

Influence of atmospheric electric fields on the radio emission from extensive air showers

Author(s): T. N. G. Trinh, O. Scholten, S. Buitink, A. M. van den Berg, A. Corstanje, U. Ebert, J. E. Enriquez, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel, C. Köhn, A. Nelles, J. P. Rachen, L. Rossetto, C. Rutjes, P. Schellart, S. Thoudam, S. ter Veen, K. D. de Vries
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 93/2, 2016, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.023003

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Measurement of cosmic rays with LOFAR

Author(s): L Rossetto, S Buitink, A Corstanje, J E Enriquez, H Falcke, J R Hörandel, A Nelles, J P Rachen, P Schellart, O Scholten, S ter Veen, S Thoudam, T N G Trinh
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 718, 2016, Page(s) 052035, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052035