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1 R&D IKEDA(Daisuke( ICRR,(University(of(Tokyo(

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6 ( Duty(100%( ( ( Askaryan$effect$ D ( D ( Molecular$Brems.$ D (<10eV) ( D 1D10(GHz( D (=( ( Bi2sta6c$radar$ ( ( D ~50MHz( Geo2synchrotron$radia6on$ ( D 10D100(MHz( D Beaming(

7 20µs AMBER( MIDAS( CROME( OCU( MAYBE ( Molecular(Brems. KASCADE (CROME) ev, 3.8, 126 m -5 μs st. dev. 10 σ 14 db above mean Δt 10 ns trigger ( ( -100 ns SD (?)((OCU) R. Šmída Microwave emission from EAS as seen by CROME 7/11 amplitude [V] Trigger OnDAxis ( (?) OffDAxis

8 ( Duty(100%( ( ( Askaryan$effect$ D ( D ( Molecular$Brems.$ D (<10eV) ( D 1D10(GHz( D (=( ( Bi2sta6c$radar$ ( ( D ~50MHz( Geo2synchrotron$radia6on$ ( D 10D100(MHz( D Beaming(

9 BiDsta_c(Radar ( $(2011/07/28) 50MHz ( ~100km,(~70km/s,(~ μg ( ~ J $ (2009) EAS ~ km,(,( (p~fe)

10 The TARA Project People: M. Abu Bakr Othman, C. Allen, J. Belz, D. Besson, B. Farhang-Boroujeny, D. Ikeda, S. Kunwar, J.P. Lundquist, I. Kravchenko, S. Larson, I. Myers, T. Nakamura, J. S. Rankin, H. Sagawa, P. Sokolsky, H. Takai, T. Terasawa, G.B. Thomson (BNL, Kansas, Nebraska, NIPR, ICRR, Utah, Utah State) and the Telescope Array Collaboration Telescope(Array(RAdar Support: US NSF-PHY, NSF-MRI Utah VP for Research, Dean College of Science Japan Grants-in-Aid for Exploratory Research Salt Lake City TV stations KUTV, ABC4 2

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14 ELS(Electron(Light(Source) Longitudinal C ) Shot:(Sep.(5,(2010,(4:30UTC( Energy:(41.1(MeV Lateral

15 ELS ( ( BR ( Radio(path:(CRC(D(ELS( (BR( CRCDBR ELSDBR 90 ( Expected(S/N:(~30(/1000shots((30min)( MD TA$overview CRC CLF 21km LR SDs BR ELS 90deg. CRC BR2CRC BR 10m BR CRC

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