Detecting cosmic rays using precision radio imaging

该项目的目标是确定自然界中能量最高的粒子--宇宙射线的来源，并在大型强子对撞机无法达到的能量下发现新的物理过程。 它将通过使用Murchison Widefield阵列射电望远镜来探测地球大气中宇宙线相互作用产生的亚微秒脉冲来实现这一点。该项目的预期结果是数千个宇宙射线事件的样本，以及一种分析其中结构的新技术。 预期的好处是建立Murchison Widefield阵列，作为天体粒子物理的世界领先仪器，高能天文和粒子物理的新知识，以及快速信号处理方法的进步和培训。

This project's aim is to identify the source of the highest-energy particles in nature, cosmic rays, and discover new physical processes at energies unreachable by the Large Hadron Collider. It will do this by using the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope to detect the sub-microsecond pulses from cosmic ray interactions in the Earth's atmosphere. The project's intended outcome is a sample of thousands of cosmic ray events, and a new technique to analyse the structure within them. The anticipated benefits are the establishment of the Murchison Widefield Array as a world-leading instrument for astroparticle physics, new knowledge of high-energy astro and particle physics, and advances and training in fast signal processing methods.