Extensive Air Showers detection opens opportunities for detecting fast radio transient events at IAR

M. TUEROS

Merlo

Encuentro; 100a Reunion Nacional de la Asociacion Fisica Argentina; 2015

Asociación Fisica Argentina

The Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia is pushing forward the design of a new, fast digital multi-pixel receiver on one of its 30m antennas for the detection of extensive air showers generated in the atmosphere by Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays. This detector will work in the L-Band close to the hydrogen line (1.4GHz) with a 100ns time resolution and a projected 35-50K system temperature, making it suitable for many radioastronomical observations that require good time resolution such as Fast Radio Bursts, Giant Radio Pulses, follow up observations of Gamma Ray Bursts and pulsar search and characterization, as well as for uses in other fields. In this contribution we would like to present the project characteristics and planned capabilities to the community, in order to identify possible collaborations not only in Cosmic Ray, Gamma Ray and Neutrino physics but also for the use of this new detector in other fields.