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Radio Pulses and the Detection of Large Air Showers

W. E. Hazen, A. Z. Hendel, Howard E. Smith, Neerav Shah

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Radio pulses can be used to measure the arrival directions of large cosmic-ray air showers. Since nearly all very large showers and nearly all large zenith-angle showers had detectable radio pulses, the method shows promise for the detection of such showers.

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Radio pulses can be used to measure the arrival directions of large cosmic-ray air showers. Since nearly all very large showers and nearly all large zenith-angle showers had detectable radio pulses, the method shows promise for the detection of such showers.

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Radio pulses can be used to measure the arrival directions of large cosmic-ray air showers. Since nearly all very large showers and nearly all large zenith-angle showers had detectable radio pulses, the method shows promise for the detection of such showers.

Key concepts: Zenith, Physics, Cosmic ray, Radio wave, COSMIC cancer database, Computational physics, Optics, Astronomy

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