Search for microwave emission from ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz(Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), Asher Berlin(University of Chicago), M. Bogdan(University of Chicago), M. Boháčová(Czech Academy of Sciences), C. Bonifazi(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), W. Rodrigues de Carvalho(Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), J. R. T. de Mello Neto(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), P. Facal San Luis(University of Chicago), Jean-François Genat(University of Chicago), N. Hollon(University of Chicago), Elisabeth A. C. Mills(University of Chicago), M. Monasor(University of Chicago), P. Privitera(University of Chicago), L. C. Reyes(California Polytechnic State University), B. Rouillé d’Orfeuil(University of Chicago), Edivaldo Moura Santos(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), S. Wayne(University of Chicago), Christopher B. Williams(University of Chicago), E. Zas(Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), J. Zhou(University of Chicago)
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
September 26, 2012
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Abstract

We present a search for microwave emission from air showers induced by ultrahigh energy cosmic rays with the microwave detection of air showers experiment. No events were found, ruling out a wide range of power flux and coherence of the putative emission, including those suggested by recent laboratory measurements.


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