Measuring chemical composition and particle cross-section of ultra-high energy cosmic rays by a ground radio array

Konstantin Belov

Published 2013-12-02Version 1

We present a technique to measure chemical composition and particle cross-section of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using radio data. We relate the geometry of the radio footprint on the ground to the depth of the extensive air shower maximum. We suggest to use the spectral information of the radio signal to improve the shower maximum reconstruction by minimum number of antennas on the ground.