Astroparticle Physics

Radio detection of cosmic rays

Where is the origin of the highest-energy particles in the universe, and how do the natural accelerators of cosmic rays work?

Finding answers to this question requires better measurments of cosmic rays. For this purpose I investigate an alternative detection technique for cosmic rays: the radio detection of air showers, i.e. particle cascades initiated by cosmic rays in the atmosphere.

Experiments / Collaborations:

LOPES http://www.lopes-project.org/

Tunka-Rex http://www.ikp.kit.edu/tunka-rex/

Pierre-Auger-Observatorium https://www.auger.org/