New method for the time calibration of an interferometric radio antenna array

Details New method for the time calibration of an interferometric radio antenna array New method for the time calibration of an interferometric radio antenna array

2010-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/1002.3775v2

F.G. Schroeder, et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A (2010)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

9 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, pre-print of article published in Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, available at:

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nima.2010.01.072

Digital radio antenna arrays, like LOPES (LOFAR PrototypE Station), detect high-energy cosmic rays via the radio emission from atmospheric extensive air showers. LOPES is an array of dipole antennas placed within and triggered by the KASCADE-Grande experiment on site of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. The antennas are digitally combined to build a radio interferometer by forming a beam into the air shower arrival direction which allows measurements even at low signal-to-noise ratios in individual antennas. This technique requires a precise time calibration. A combination of several calibration steps is used to achieve the necessary timing accuracy of about 1 ns. The group delays of the setup are measured, the frequency dependence of these delays (dispersion) is corrected in the subsequent data analysis, and variations of the delays with time are monitored. We use a transmitting reference antenna, a beacon, which continuously emits sine waves at known frequencies. Variations of the relative delays between the antennas can be detected and corrected for at each recorded event by measuring the phases at the beacon frequencies.

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