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Detection of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos by radio method using artificial lunar satellites

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An estimate of the feasibility of the ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray and neutrino detection using a lunar satellite-borne radio receiver is presented. The data obtained in the proposed experiment will make resolving the current contradictions in the ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray spectra measured with the major ground-based instruments possible. Moreover, they will enable us to considerably extend the accessible energy range and to check predictions of various models of the origin of the highest-energy particles in the Universe. At the same time the lunar radio detector provides a means of searching for ultrahigh-energy neutrinos with a high sensitivity combined with a very large target effective mass.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 53, Moscow, 117924, Russia

    G. A. Gusev, B. N. Lomonosov, N. G. Polukhina, V. A. Ryabov, E. L. Feinberg, V. A. Tsarev & V. A. Chechin

  2. Lavochkin Research and Production Association (NPO), Leningradskoye sh. 24, Khimki, Moscow oblast, 141400, Russia

    K. M. Pichkhadze & V. K. Sysoev

  3. Institute for Advanced Studies, 1-29-6 Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-0022, Japan

    T. Saito

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Original Russian Text © G.A. Gusev, B.N. Lomonosov, K.M. Pichkhadze, N.G. Polukhina, V.A. Ryabov, T. Saito, V.K. Sysoev, E.L. Feinberg, V.A. Tsarev, V.A. Chechin, 2006, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2006, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 22–42.

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Gusev, G.A., Lomonosov, B.N., Pichkhadze, K.M. et al. Detection of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos by radio method using artificial lunar satellites. Cosmic Res 44, 19–38 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952506010035

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