https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713505001
Interpretation of the cosmic-ray air shower signal in Askaryan radio detectors
1 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Dienst ELEM, IIHE, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
2 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Astrophysical Institute, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
3 Dept. of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
4 University of Groningen, KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
* e-mail: krijndevries@gmail.com
Published online: 15 March 2017
We discuss the radio emission from a cosmic-ray air shower propagating in air before it hits an air-ice boundary after which it completes its propagation inside the ice. The in-air emission, the in-ice emission, as well as the transition radiation from the shower crossing the boundary is considered. We discuss the interpretation of the radio signal observed by an in-ice observer.
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