Synchrotron Radiation at Radio Frequencies from Cosmic Ray Air Showers
arXiv:astro-ph/0211273 · doi:10.1016/S0927-6505(03)00177-4
Abstract
We review some of the properties of extensive cosmic ray air showers and describe a simple model of the radio-frequency radiation generated by shower electrons and positrons as they bend in the Earth's magnetic field. We perform simulations by calculating the trajectory and radiation of a few thousand charged shower particles. The results are then transformed to predict the strength and polarization of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the whole shower.
18 pages, LaTeX, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Astropart. Phys. Added pancake profiles (fig. 1)