Acoustic detection of hadronic showers induced by cosmic neutrinos
Journal Article
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· AIP (Am. Inst. Phys.) Conf. Proc.; (United States)
A detectable sonic signal is produced by charged particles while traversing a fluid medium. This phenomenon could be exploited in an inexpensive shower detector for the massive (> or approx. =10/sup 4/ ton) neutrino detector necessary if one wishes to detect neutrinos at large distances from the next generation of high energy accelerators, e.g., the Fermilab energy-doubler. It could also be used in the shower calorimeter of a massive (> or approx. =10/sup 9/ ton) deep underwater detector of astrophysically produced neutrinos. This paper/sup 1/ discusses experiments exploring the global characteristics of both the acoustic-generation mechanism and the radiation pattern. The results of the experiments are consistent with a simple thermal model for the transformation of the energy of moving charged particles into acoustic energy.
- Research Organization:
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
- OSTI ID:
- 6257665
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-780498-
- Journal Information:
- AIP (Am. Inst. Phys.) Conf. Proc.; (United States), Journal Name: AIP (Am. Inst. Phys.) Conf. Proc.; (United States) Vol. 52; ISSN APCPC
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GENERAL PHYSICS
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ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS
BEAMS
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
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ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
FERMIONS
FOURIER TRANSFORMATION
HARD COMPONENT
INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
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NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEON BEAMS
PARTICLE BEAMS
PROTON BEAMS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION
SHOWERS
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