Telescope Array Radar (TARA) observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

R. Abbasi; M. Abou Bakr Othman; C. Allen; L. Beard; J. Belz; D. Besson; M. Byrne; B. Farhang-Boroujeny; A. Gardner; W. H. Gillman; W. Hanlon; J. Hanson; C. Jayanthmurthy; S. Kunwar; S. L. Larson; I. Myers; S. Prohira; K. Ratzlaff; P. Sokolsky; H. Takai; G. B. Thomson; D. Von Maluski

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.015

Telescope Array Radar (TARA) observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

R. Abbasi, M. Abou Bakr Othman, C. Allen, L. Beard, J. Belz, D. Besson, M. Byrne, B. Farhang-Boroujeny, A. Gardner, W. H. Gillman, W. Hanlon, J. Hanson, C. Jayanthmurthy, S. Kunwar, S. L. Larson, I. Myers^*, S. Prohira, K. Ratzlaff, P. Sokolsky, H. TakaiG. B. Thomson, D. Von Maluski

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Abstract

Construction was completed during summer 2013 on the Telescope Array RAdar (TARA) bi-static radar observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR). TARA is co-located with the Telescope Array, the largest "conventional" cosmic ray detector in the Northern Hemisphere, in radio-quiet Western Utah. TARA employs an 8 MW Effective Radiated Power (ERP) VHF transmitter and smart receiver system based on a 250 MS/s data acquisition system in an effort to detect the scatter of sounding radiation by UHECR-induced atmospheric ionization. TARA seeks to demonstrate bi-static radar as a useful new remote sensing technique for UHECRs. In this report, we describe the design and performance of the TARA transmitter and receiver systems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	322-338
Number of pages	17
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	767
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.015
State	Published - Dec 11 2014

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Chirp
Cosmic ray
Digital signal processing
FPGA
Radar

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Abbasi, R., Othman, M. A. B., Allen, C., Beard, L., Belz, J., Besson, D., Byrne, M., Farhang-Boroujeny, B., Gardner, A., Gillman, W. H., Hanlon, W., Hanson, J., Jayanthmurthy, C., Kunwar, S., Larson, S. L., Myers, I., Prohira, S., Ratzlaff, K., Sokolsky, P., ... Von Maluski, D. (2014). Telescope Array Radar (TARA) observatory for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 767, 322-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.015

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