04-02-2005/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb. 20051 Neutrino Detection in Salt Domes under LOFAR Ad M. van den Berg Kernfysisch Versneller.

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/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Neutrino Detection in Salt Domes under LOFAR Ad M. van den Berg Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut (KVI), Groningen, NL International Workshop on Saltdome Shower Array International Workshop on Saltdome Shower Array nuclear physics research

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Outline High-Energy Program ZEchstein SAlt Neutrino Array (ZESANA) Directly linked to –LOFAR and its CR program (KVI, Uni Nijmegen, ASTRON) –development of next generation of radio and signal- processing techniques –cross calibration with other experiments (PAO ?)

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb National APP topics in NL* Compact Objects (GRB’s, mergers, collapsers, magnetars, SNR’s) Dark Matter & Exotic Particles Fundamental Physics *Preliminary streamlining by “Comité Astrodeeltjesfysica Nederland” CAN

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Messengers and Detectors Messengers –Cosmic Rays and ’s –Gravitational waves Detectors –LOFAR/PAO/Extensions –ANTARES/KM3NeT (deep-sea) –(mini-Grail, LISA-p) & THEORY & THEORY

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb New site in the Netherlands

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb LOFAR: Low Frequency Array interferometer in frequency range of MHz array of 100 stations of 100 dipole antennas baselines of 10 m to 400 km fully digital: received waves are digitized and sent to a central super computer (IBM Blue university of Groningen) Science: –Cosmology: HI at z >10 (époque of re- ionization) –Surveys: >10 8 new sources –All-Sky monitor: transient events See

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb LOFAR: a digital telescope All-sky map from LOFARs Initial Test Station: 30 MHz (10-40), 60 antennas, 3 o resolution. Courtesy: Michiel Brentjes ASTRON/RUG

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb LOFAR: a sensor network Courtesy: KNMI NL

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb LOFAR as CR or detector from: Heino Falcke Uni Nijmegen, ASTRON CR

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb CR coherent synchrotron radiation CR coherent synchrotron radiation T. Huege and H. Falcke A&A 412 (2003) 19-34

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Kascade (FZK) LOPESLO eSLOPES (LOFAR Prototype Station, Heino Falcke et al*) First CR events recently detected *) H. Falcke and P. Gorham, Astropart. Phys., 19 (2002) T. Huege, H. Falcke, A&A, 412 (2003) 19-34

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb First Results From: Heino Falcke, 2nd Symposium “Astroparticle Physics in the Netherlands” From: A. Bellétoile et al, SF2A 2004 Nançay France

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb High-energy CR spectrum Bram Achterberg Colloquium Kapteyn 15 November 2004 Pierre Auger Observatory !

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Marginal explanation by conventional models Bram Achterberg Colloquium Kapteyn 15 November 2004

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Built a UHE detector UHE ’s provide complementary information sources are transparent Universe is transparent no charge; no influence from EM fields velocity is known direct link between  and spectrum 

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb How (one option...) Detect UHE ’s using rock salt in Northern Europe (Groningen) Monitor UHE CR’s with LOFAR Develop: –radar techniques for salt domes –techniques to install antennas in salt domes –understanding of UHE CR and interactions with matter –calibrate various detector systems (PAO  LOFAR)

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Underground salt layers* Zechstein salt salt pillars cavern * © TNO-NITG

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Footprint of LOFAR salt domes

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Salt in Groningen Veendam Assen Emmen Stadskanaal © TNO-NITG Onstwedde Zuidwending

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Zuidwending salt dome 3D model of the Zuidwending salt dome: view from the East. The active horizon is the top of the salt. Purple: Triassic; Dark green: Lower Cretaceous; Light green: Upper Cretaceous Orange: Lower Tertiary; Yellow: Miocene-Quaternary. © TNO-NITG  2,5 km   7,5 km 

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Zuidwending Dome ? Aardgasbuffer Zuidwending: a fast Compressed Natural Gas storage Gastransport Services, Akzo Nobel Salt, NUON (Energy Valley)

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb LOFAR Salt domes under LOFAR CR

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb First preliminary results (Chiba)

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb R & D Needed Radio attenuation length measurement Ultra-sensitive underground radar techniques (receiver antennas) Cross calibration with other experiments (PAO, acoustic, WSRT,...?)

/AMvdBInt. WS Saltdome Shower Array SLAC 3-4 Feb Conclusion Radio techniques for detection of UHE are very promising and provide an important step for the next generation of telescopes LOFAR, the largest radio telescope in the world, can be used for UHE CR and detection; it can be complemented with ZESANA using ‘standard’ techniques LOFAR + PAO S/N ? & ZESANA PAO South & LOFAR