A prototype station for ARIANNA A detector for cosmic neutrinos

作者：Gerhardt Lisa; Klein Spencer^*; Stezelberger Thorsten; Barwick Steve; Dookayka Kamlesh; Hanson Jordan; Nichol Ryan

来源：Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment , 2010, 624(1): 85-91.

DOI：10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.032

• GZK neutrinos
• Cosmic neutrinos
• Radio detection
• Antarctica

The Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf Antenna Neutrino Array (ARIANNA) is a proposed detector for ultra-high energy astrophysical neutrinos It will detect coherent radio Cherenkov emission from the particle showers produced by neutrinos with energies above about 10(17) eV ARIANNA will be built on the Ross Ice Shelf just off the coast of Antarctica where it will eventually cover about 900 km(2) in surface area There the ice-water interface below the shelf reflects radio waves giving ARIANNA sensitivity to downward-going neutrinos and improving its sensitivity to horizontally incident neutrinos ARIANNA detector stations each will contain 4-8 antennas which search for pulses of 50 MHz to 1 GHz radio emission from neutrino interactions
We describe a prototype station for ARIANNA which was deployed in Moore s Bay on the Ross Ice Shelf in December 20

• 出版日期2010-12-1