https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-025-01500-7
Review
Physics of radio antennas
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, KS, USA
Received:
6
October
2024
Accepted:
29
January
2025
Published online:
4
March
2025
Radio antennas are widely used in the field of particle astrophysics in searches for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) and neutrinos (UHEN). It is therefore necessary to properly describe the physics of their response. In this article, we summarize the mathematics underlying parameterizations of radio antennas. As a paradigm, we focus on a half-wave dipole and also discuss measurements of characteristics, performed in an electromagnetic (EM) anechoic chamber.
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