Targeting ultra-high energy neutrinos with the ARIANNA experiment

Anker, A.; Barwick, S. W.; Bernhoff, H.; Besson, D. Z.; Bingefors, N.; Gaswint, G.; Glaser, C.; Hallgren, A.; Hanson, J. C.; Lahmann, R.; Latif, U.; Nam, J.; Novikov, A.; Klein, S. R.; Kleinfelder, S. A.; Nelles, A.; Paul, M. P.; Persichilli, C.; Shively, S. R.; Tatar, J.; Unger, E.; Wang, S. -H.; Yodh, G.

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2019.06.016

Title: Targeting ultra-high energy neutrinos with the ARIANNA experiment

Journal Article · Mon Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Advances in Space Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2019.06.016· OSTI ID:1567163

Anker, A. ^[1]; Barwick, S. W. ^[1]; Bernhoff, H. ^[2]; Besson, D. Z. ^[3]; Bingefors, N. ^[2]; Gaswint, G. ^[1]; Glaser, C. ^[1]; Hallgren, A. ^[2]; Hanson, J. C. ^[4]; Lahmann, R. ^[1]; Latif, U. ^[5]; Nam, J. ^[6]; Novikov, A. ^[3]; Klein, S. R. ^[7]; Kleinfelder, S. A. ^[1]; Nelles, A. ^[8]; Paul, M. P. ^[1]; Persichilli, C. ^[1]; Shively, S. R. ^[1]; Tatar, J. ^[1] more »

Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States); Moscow Engineering Physics Univ., Moscow (Russian Federation)
Whittier College Department of Physics, CA (United States)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); Humboldt Univ. of Berlin (Germany)

The measurement of ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrinos (E > 10¹⁶ eV) opens a new field of astronomy with the potential to reveal the sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays especially if combined with observations in the electromagnetic spectrum and gravitational waves. The ARIANNA pilot detector explores the detection of UHE neutrinos with a surface array of independent radio detector stations in Antarctica which allows for a cost-effective instrumentation of large volumes. Twelve stations are currently operating successfully at the Moore's Bay site (Ross Ice Shelf) in Antarctica and at the South Pole. In this work, we will review the current state of ARIANNA and its main results. We report on a newly developed wind generator that successfully operates in the harsh Antarctic conditions and powers the station for a substantial time during the dark winter months. The robust ARIANNA surface architecture, combined with environmentally friendly solar and wind power generators, can be installed at any deep ice location on the planet and operated autonomously. We discuss the detector capabilities to determine the neutrino direction by reconstructing the signal arrival direction of a 800 m deep calibration pulser, and the reconstruction of the signal polarization using the more abundant cosmic-ray air showers. Lastly, we describe a large-scale design – ARIA – that capitalizes on the successful experience of the ARIANNA operation and is designed sensitive enough to discover the first UHE neutrino.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1567163

Journal Information:: Advances in Space Research, Vol. 64, Issue 12; ISSN 0273-1177

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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