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It was shown that the effect of plasma production during solid medium ionization by a developing cascade can shield excess-charge radiation in the radio range used for detecting particles at energies higher than 1020 eV. Such a shielding effect is significant in Antarctic ice and is insignificant for lunar regolith. Hence, the LORD experiment on detection of cascades from ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos from circumlunar spacecrafts retains the capability of measurements up to the energies of 1023 eV.
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Original Russian Text © G.A. Gusev, 2011, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 23–31.
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Gusev, G.A. Possible attenuation of the radio signal from the cascade in solid medium at energies above 1020 eV. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 38, 15–19 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335611010040
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