ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
Precision cosmic-ray detection with the Square Kilometer Array
What is the origin of the highest energy Galactic cosmic rays, ionized atomic nuclei that travel through space at nearly the speed of light? To answer this question we must detect them via the “air showers” of particles that are induced when cosmic rays interact in the atmosphere. Current experiments lack the precision needed to fully reconstruct air shower features and, consequently, to understand the cosmic rays themselves. Moreover, the hadronic interactions that shape air shower development take place at energies beyond what we can reproduce in a laboratory setting and are not well understood. To solve this problem, we will revolutionize air shower detection by leveraging the Square…
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