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Precise Reconstruction of a Shower Maximum in the Tunka Radio Extension Experiment

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Tunka-Rex is an antenna array located in the Tunka Valley that measures the radio emissions of cosmic ray air showers with energies of up to 100 PeV. In this work, a precise technique for reconstructing a shower maximum from Tunka-Rex data is presented. A model is developed for calculating detector efficiency that considers different parameters: primary particle energy and mass ranges, shower geometry, and detector configuration. The systematic error introduced by the atmosphere in reconstructing a shower’s maximum depth is estimated, and the distribution of the mean shower maximum versus energy is determined.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Equipment of the Tunka Astrophysical Shared Resource Center was used in this work as part of an agreement with the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education, unique identifier RFMEFI59317X0005.

Funding

This work was supported by the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education as part of State Task nos. 3.9678.2017/BCh, 3.904.2017/PCh, 3.6787.2017/ITR, and 1.6790.2017/ITR; and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 16-02-00738, 17-02-00905, and 18-32-00460.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, 664020, Irkutsk, Russia

    P. A. Bezyazeekov, N. M. Budnev, D. O. Chernykh, O. L. Fedorov, O. A. Gress, Y. A. Kazarina, T. N. Marshalkina, R. R. Mirgazov, R. Monkhoev, A. L. Pakhorukov, L. V. Pankov, D. A. Shipilov & A. V. Zagorodnikov

  2. Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany

    A. Haungs, R. Hiller, T. Huege, D. G. Kostunin, V. V. Lenok & F. G. Schröder

  3. Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany

    M. Kleifges

  4. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    E. E. Korosteleva, L. A. Kuzmichev, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, E. A. Osipova & V. V. Prosin

  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, DE 19716, Newark, USA

    F. G. Schröder

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Bezyazeekov, P.A., Budnev, N.M., Chernykh, D.O. et al. Precise Reconstruction of a Shower Maximum in the Tunka Radio Extension Experiment. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 83, 998–1000 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873819080069

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