ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Air shower interferometry to advance astroparticle physics
The universe hosts a population of subatomic particles with astonishingly high kinetic energies, so-called cosmic rays. Where and how they obtain this energy is unknown. These particles initiate cascades of particles in the atmosphere called air showers. The particle interactions within air showers are not fully understood and probe a regime not easily accessible by particle accelerator experiments. I developed a new technique that applies interferometry on the radio emission from air showers. It improves the reconstruction accuracy of air shower properties and hence allows for better determination of the features of cosmic particles. The largest facility for ultra-high-energy cosmic ray…
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