Observation of the Askaryan effect

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Jul 2001

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First international workshop on the radio detection of high energy particles. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 579, pp. 225-2

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Cherenkov Radiation

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We present direct experimental evidence for the charge excess in high energy particle showers and corresponding radio emission predicted nearly 40 years ago by Askaryan. We directed picosecond pulses of GeV bremsstrahlung photons at the SLAC Final Focus Test Beam into a 3.5 ton silica sand target, producing electromagnetic showers several meters long. A series of antennas spanning 0.3 to 6 GHz detected strong, sub-nanosecond radio frequency pulses produced by the showers. Measurements of the polarization, coherence, timing, field strength vs. shower depth, and field strength vs. frequency are completely consistent with predictions. We also show the emission peaks at the Cherenkov angle in sand. These measurements thus provide strong support for experiments designed to detect high energy cosmic rays such as neutrinos via coherent radio emission from their cascades in dense dielectric media. .

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