Measurement of the cosmic ray flux with the ANITA experiment

• Published in: EPJ Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: García-Fernández Daniel, Alvarez-Muñiz Jaime, Carvalho Washington R., Schoorlemmer Harm, Zas Enrique
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2017
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713602014; https://doaj.org/article/808a44ad38014ed297b188adafa56996

The ANITA experiment consists on an aerostatic balloon flying over Antarctica and carrying a payload with antennas. Although ANITA was designed to detect the electric field of netrino-induced showers in the ice cap, it has also detected 16 radio pulses coming from extensive air showers, and the ANITA collaboration has used these data to produce the first cosmic ray flux measurement obtained by employing radio as a stand-alone technique. We review the experimental results and its interpretation. We also focus on the simulations and the method used for obtaining the cosmic ray flux.