Development toward a ground-based interferometric phased array for radio detection of high energy neutrinos

Avva, J.; Bechtol, K.; Chesebro, T.; Cremonesi, L.; Deaconu, C.; Gupta, A.; Ludwig, A.; Messino, W.; Miki, C.; Nichol, R.; Oberla, E.; Ransom, M.; Romero-Wolf, A.; Saltzberg, D.; Schlupf, C.; Shipp, N.; Varner, G.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wissel, S. A.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.009

Title: Development toward a ground-based interferometric phased array for radio detection of high energy neutrinos

Journal Article · Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.009· OSTI ID:1598612

Avva, J. ^[1]; Bechtol, K. ^[2]; Chesebro, T. ^[3]; Cremonesi, L. ^[4]; Deaconu, C. ^[5]; Gupta, A. ^[4]; Ludwig, A. ^[6]; Messino, W. ^[7]; Miki, C. ^[8]; Nichol, R. ^[4]; Oberla, E. ^[5]; Ransom, M. ^[5]; Romero-Wolf, A. ^[9]; Saltzberg, D. ^[3]; Schlupf, C. ^[3]; Shipp, N. ^[10]; Varner, G. ^[8]; Vieregg, A. G. ^[11]; Wissel, S. A. ^[12]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States). Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Univ. College London, Bloomsbury (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
California Polytechnic State Univ. (CalPoly), San Luis Obispo, CA (United States). Electrical Engineering Dept.
Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Jet Propulsion Lab. (JPL)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Enrico Fermi Inst.; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
California Polytechnic State Univ. (CalPoly), San Luis Obispo, CA (United States). Physics Dept.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Here, the in-ice radio interferometric phased array technique for detection of high energy neutrinos looks for Askaryan emission from neutrinos interacting in large volumes of glacial ice, and is being developed as a way to achieve a low energy threshold and a large effective volume at high energies. The technique is based on coherently summing the impulsive Askaryan signal from multiple antennas, which increases the signal-to-noise ratio for weak signals. We report here on measurements and a simulation of thermal noise correlations between nearby antennas, beamforming of impulsive signals, and a measurement of the expected improvement in trigger efficiency through the phased array technique. Furthermore, we discuss the noise environment observed with an analog phased array at Summit Station, Greenland, a possible site for an interferometric phased array for radio detection of high energy neutrinos.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010504; SC0009937

OSTI ID:: 1598612

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 869, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002

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