Apr 9, 2005 Scaling of Askaryan Pulses D. Seckel, Univ. of Delaware
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Topics RF pulses from Showers
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Radiation from single particles ZHS: 2 0.5
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Sum over particles/Integrate over shower Shower Front + Light Cone Density of Excess Projected Track Length
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Separation of Variables & Form Factor
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Phase Factors and Rescaling FF Most MC’s use this
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Normalization and Determination of f, G y, G z
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) AVZ, ZHS, (G4 later) AVZ Use a Gaussian, and give the half-width of the Cerenkov cone at 1 GHz as 3.72 ° for a 1 PeV (3.1 m) shower. Determine G z as FT of gaussian
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Scaling vs AVZ Field calculation is integral over shower profile Separation of shower profile Separation of form factors With scaled frequencies Adapted from Alvarez, Vazquez, Zas “Full sim” is approx a Blue – Gaussian for f(z), AVZ approx c for G y Red – Griessen for f(z) Separation of phase factors
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) High frequency
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Phases
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Scaling with energy and type
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Scaling with medium AVZ scaled G4
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Scaling behavior fractional excess Single particle & shower signals Includes LPM effect z y cc to observer
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Pulse shapes
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Scaling model w/Shahid’s G4 10 TeV shower
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Multiple showers
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Fluctuations
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Better shower profiles?
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Acoustic (in progress) Same as radio except –scalar vs vector –total track length –v/c is smaller –attenuation –experiment bandwidth
Askaryan pulses, UCI, Apr 9, 2005 (Seckel) Summary