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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
We present the first direct experimental evidence for the charge excess in high-energy particle showers and corresponding radio emission predicted nearly 40 years ago by Askaryan. We directed picosecond pulses of GeV bremsstrahlung photons at the SLAC Final Focus Test Beam into a 3.5 ton silica sand target, producing electromagnetic showers several meters long. A series of antennas spanning 0.3 to 6 GHz detected strong, subnanosecond radio-frequency pulses produced by the showers. Measurements of the polarization, coherence, timing, field strength vs shower depth, and field strength vs frequency are completely consistent with predictions. These measurements thus provide strong support for experiments designed to detect high-energy cosmic rays such as neutrinos via coherent radio emission from their cascades.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2802-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-10-31
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Observation of the Askaryan effect: coherent microwave Cherenkov emission from charge asymmetry in high-energy particle cascades.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article