Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments

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Tueros, Matias Jorge; Cabana Freire, Sergio; Álvarez Muñiz, Jaime
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2025
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Atmosphere-skimming air showers are initiated by cosmic rays with incoming directions that allow the cascade to develop entirely within the atmosphere, without reaching the ground. Radio pulses induced by this type of showers have already been observed in balloon-borne experiments such as ANITA, but a detailed characterisation of their properties is lacking. The extreme range of densities in which these cascades can develop gives rise to a wide range of shower profiles, with radio emission characteristics that can differ significantly from those of regular downward-going showers. In this work, we have used the ZHAireS-RASPASS program to characterise the expected radio emission from atmosphere-skimming air showers and its properties. We have studied the interplay between the magnetic field and atmospheric density profile in the expected radio signal, focusing on its detection aboard balloon-borne experiments. The almost horizontal geometry of the events gives rise to a significant refractive asymmetry in the spatial distribution of the electric field, due to the propagation of the radio signals across a gradient of index of refraction. In addition, a unique coherence asymmetry appears in the intensity of the signals, as a consequence of the cumulative effect of the Earth´s magnetic field over the very long distances that these particle cascades traverse. The implications of the peculiar characteristics of the emission are discussed regarding their impact both on the interpretation of collected data and in the exposure of balloon-borne experiments.
Fil: Tueros, Matias Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Cabana Freire, Sergio. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Física; España
Fil: Álvarez Muñiz, Jaime. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Física; España
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cosmic ray showers
radio detection
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spelling Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experimentsTueros, Matias JorgeCabana Freire, SergioÁlvarez Muñiz, Jaimeatmosphere-skimmingcosmic ray showersradio detectionhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Atmosphere-skimming air showers are initiated by cosmic rays with incoming directions that allow the cascade to develop entirely within the atmosphere, without reaching the ground. Radio pulses induced by this type of showers have already been observed in balloon-borne experiments such as ANITA, but a detailed characterisation of their properties is lacking. The extreme range of densities in which these cascades can develop gives rise to a wide range of shower profiles, with radio emission characteristics that can differ significantly from those of regular downward-going showers. In this work, we have used the ZHAireS-RASPASS program to characterise the expected radio emission from atmosphere-skimming air showers and its properties. We have studied the interplay between the magnetic field and atmospheric density profile in the expected radio signal, focusing on its detection aboard balloon-borne experiments. The almost horizontal geometry of the events gives rise to a significant refractive asymmetry in the spatial distribution of the electric field, due to the propagation of the radio signals across a gradient of index of refraction. In addition, a unique coherence asymmetry appears in the intensity of the signals, as a consequence of the cumulative effect of the Earth´s magnetic field over the very long distances that these particle cascades traverse. The implications of the peculiar characteristics of the emission are discussed regarding their impact both on the interpretation of collected data and in the exposure of balloon-borne experiments.Fil: Tueros, Matias Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Cabana Freire, Sergio. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Física; EspañaFil: Álvarez Muñiz, Jaime. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Física; EspañaIOP Publishing2025-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/281116Tueros, Matias Jorge; Cabana Freire, Sergio; Álvarez Muñiz, Jaime; Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments; IOP Publishing; Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics; 2025; 01; 1-2025; 1-231475-7516CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/01/112info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/01/112info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2026-02-11T12:34:43Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/281116instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982026-02-11 12:34:43.58CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments
title Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments
spellingShingle Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments
Tueros, Matias Jorge
atmosphere-skimming
cosmic ray showers
radio detection
title_short Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments
title_full Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments
title_fullStr Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments
title_full_unstemmed Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments
title_sort Radio emission from atmosphere-skimming cosmic ray showers in high-altitude balloon-borne experiments
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tueros, Matias Jorge
Cabana Freire, Sergio
Álvarez Muñiz, Jaime
author Tueros, Matias Jorge
author_facet Tueros, Matias Jorge
Cabana Freire, Sergio
Álvarez Muñiz, Jaime
author_role author
author2 Cabana Freire, Sergio
Álvarez Muñiz, Jaime
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv atmosphere-skimming
cosmic ray showers
radio detection
topic atmosphere-skimming
cosmic ray showers
radio detection
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Atmosphere-skimming air showers are initiated by cosmic rays with incoming directions that allow the cascade to develop entirely within the atmosphere, without reaching the ground. Radio pulses induced by this type of showers have already been observed in balloon-borne experiments such as ANITA, but a detailed characterisation of their properties is lacking. The extreme range of densities in which these cascades can develop gives rise to a wide range of shower profiles, with radio emission characteristics that can differ significantly from those of regular downward-going showers. In this work, we have used the ZHAireS-RASPASS program to characterise the expected radio emission from atmosphere-skimming air showers and its properties. We have studied the interplay between the magnetic field and atmospheric density profile in the expected radio signal, focusing on its detection aboard balloon-borne experiments. The almost horizontal geometry of the events gives rise to a significant refractive asymmetry in the spatial distribution of the electric field, due to the propagation of the radio signals across a gradient of index of refraction. In addition, a unique coherence asymmetry appears in the intensity of the signals, as a consequence of the cumulative effect of the Earth´s magnetic field over the very long distances that these particle cascades traverse. The implications of the peculiar characteristics of the emission are discussed regarding their impact both on the interpretation of collected data and in the exposure of balloon-borne experiments.
Fil: Tueros, Matias Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Cabana Freire, Sergio. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Física; España
Fil: Álvarez Muñiz, Jaime. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Física; España
description Atmosphere-skimming air showers are initiated by cosmic rays with incoming directions that allow the cascade to develop entirely within the atmosphere, without reaching the ground. Radio pulses induced by this type of showers have already been observed in balloon-borne experiments such as ANITA, but a detailed characterisation of their properties is lacking. The extreme range of densities in which these cascades can develop gives rise to a wide range of shower profiles, with radio emission characteristics that can differ significantly from those of regular downward-going showers. In this work, we have used the ZHAireS-RASPASS program to characterise the expected radio emission from atmosphere-skimming air showers and its properties. We have studied the interplay between the magnetic field and atmospheric density profile in the expected radio signal, focusing on its detection aboard balloon-borne experiments. The almost horizontal geometry of the events gives rise to a significant refractive asymmetry in the spatial distribution of the electric field, due to the propagation of the radio signals across a gradient of index of refraction. In addition, a unique coherence asymmetry appears in the intensity of the signals, as a consequence of the cumulative effect of the Earth´s magnetic field over the very long distances that these particle cascades traverse. The implications of the peculiar characteristics of the emission are discussed regarding their impact both on the interpretation of collected data and in the exposure of balloon-borne experiments.
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