HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements

Prohira, S.; Novikov, A.; Besson, D. Z.; Ratzlaff, K.; Stockham, J.; Stockham, M.; Clem, J. M.; Young, R.; Gorham, P. W.; Allison, P.; Banerjee, O.; Batten, L.; Beatty, J. J.; Belov, K.; Binns, W. R.; Bugaev, V.; Cao, P.; Chen, C.; Chen, P.; Connolly, A.; Cremonesi, L.; Dailey, B.; Deaconu, C.; Dowkontt, P. F.; Fox, B. D.; Gordon, J.; Hast, C.; Hill, B.; Hupe, R.; Israel, M. H.; Kowalski, J.; Lam, J.; Learned, J. G.; Liewer, K. M.; Liu, T. C.; Ludwig, A.; Matsuno, S.; Miki, C.; Mottram, M.; Mulrey, K.; Nam, J.; Nichol, R. J.; Oberla, E.; Rauch, B. F.; Roberts, J.; Romero-Wolf, A.; Rotter, B.; Russell, J.; Saltzberg, D.; Schoorlemmer, H.; Seckel, D.; Stafford, S.; Strutt, B.; Tatem, K.; Varner, G. S.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wissel, S. A.; Wu, F.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092

Title: HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements

Journal Article · Thu Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092· OSTI ID:1502995

Prohira, S. ^[1]; Novikov, A. ^[2]; Besson, D. Z. ^[2]; Ratzlaff, K. ^[1]; Stockham, J. ^[1]; Stockham, M. ^[1]; Clem, J. M. ^[3]; Young, R. ^[1]; Gorham, P. W. ^[4]; Allison, P. ^[5]; Banerjee, O. ^[5]; Batten, L. ^[6]; Beatty, J. J. ^[5]; Belov, K. ^[7]; Binns, W. R. ^[8]; Bugaev, V. ^[8]; Cao, P. ^[3]; Chen, C. ^[9]; Chen, P. ^[9]; Connolly, A. ^[5] more »

Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States); National Research Nuclear Univ., Moskva (Russia). Moscow Engineering Physics Inst. (MEPhI)
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa, HI (United States)
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Univ. College London (UCL), London (United Kingdom)
Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (United States)
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan)
Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab. (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
California Polytechnic State Univ. (CalPoly), San Luis Obispo, CA (United States)

The NASA supported High-Altitude Calibration (HiCal)-2 instrument flew as a companion balloon to the ANITA-4 experiment in December 2016. Based on a high-voltage (HV) discharge pulser producing radio-frequency (RF) calibration pulses, HiCal-2 comprised two payloads, which flew for a combined 18 days, covering 1.5 revolutions of the Antarctic continent. ANITA-4 captured over 10,000 pulses from HiCal-2, both direct and reflected from the surface, at distances varying from 100–700 km, providing a large dataset for surface reflectivity measurements. In view of this, we present details on the design, construction and performance of HiCal-2.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab. (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; NNX15AC20G

OSTI ID:: 1502995

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 918, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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