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Microscopic approach to the calculation of extensive air shower radio emission

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Abstract—Within the kinetic theory of extensive air shower (EAS), an approach to calculating electron charge excess radio emission is formulated. Using the Tamm formula, emission of each electron of the shower disk is calculated taking into account its spatial distribution, temporal evolution along the EAS track, electron energy spectrum, and multiple scattering. Radiation from all EAS tracks is summed taking into account partial coherence loss.

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The authors are grateful to V.A. Ryabov for discussion.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    G. A. Gusev

  2. Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, 108840, Troitsk, Russia

    Z. G. Guseva

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Gusev, G.A., Guseva, Z.G. Microscopic approach to the calculation of extensive air shower radio emission. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 47, 43–47 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335620020050

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