The simulation of the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan radiation from cosmogenic neutrinos interacting in the Antarctic Ice

Cremonesi, L.; Connolly, A.; Allison, P.; Banerjee, O.; Batten, L.; Beatty, J. J.; Bechtol, K.; Belov, K.; Besson, D. Z.; Binns, W. R.; Bugaev, V.; Cao, P.; Chen, C. C.; Chen, C. H.; Chen, P.; Clem, J. M.; Dailey, B.; Deaconu, C.; Dowkontt, P. F.; Fox, B. D.; Gordon, J. W. H.; Gorham, P. W.; Hill, B.; Huang, J. J.; Hughes, K.; Hupe, R.; Israel, M. H.; Liewer, K. M.; Lin, S. Y.; Liu, T. C.; Ludwig, A. B.; Macchiarulo, L.; Matsuno, S.; McBride, K.; Miki, C.; Mulrey, K.; Nam, J.; Nichol, R. J.; Novikov, A.; Oberla, E.; Prohira, S.; Rauch, B. F.; Roberts, J. M.; Romero-Wolf, A.; Rotter, B.; Russell, J. W.; Saltzberg, D.; Seckel, D.; Schoorlemmer, H.; Shiao, J.; Stafford, S.; Stockham, J.; Stockham, M.; Strutt, B.; Stuhr, J.; Sutherland, M.; Varner, G. S.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wang, S. H.; Wissel, S. A.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08011

Title: The simulation of the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan radiation from cosmogenic neutrinos interacting in the Antarctic Ice

Abstract

A Monte Carlo simulation program for the radio detection of Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrino interactions in the Antarctic ice as viewed by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is described in this article. The program, icemc, provides an input spectrum of UHE neutrinos, the parametrization of the Askaryan radiation generated by their interaction in the ice, and the propagation of the radiation through ice and air to a simulated model of the third and fourth ANITA flights. Lastly, this paper provides an overview of the icemc simulation, descriptions of the physics models used and of the ANITA electronics processing chain, data/simulation comparisons to validate the predicted performance, and a summary of the impact of published results.

Authors:: Cremonesi, L.; Connolly, A.; Allison, P.; Banerjee, O.; Batten, L.; Beatty, J. J.; Bechtol, K.; Belov, K.; Besson, D. Z.; Binns, W. R.; Bugaev, V.; Cao, P.; Chen, C. C.; Chen, C. H.; Chen, P.; Clem, J. M.; Dailey, B.; Deaconu, C.; Dowkontt, P. F.; Fox, B. D. more »« less

Publication Date:: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Contributing Org.:: ANITA Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1597510

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010504; GRT00049285

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Instrumentation

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 14; Journal Issue: 08; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; neutrino radio detection; ultra-high-energy; Monte Carlo

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                    Cremonesi, L., Connolly, A., Allison, P., Banerjee, O., Batten, L., Beatty, J. J., Bechtol, K., Belov, K., Besson, D. Z., Binns, W. R., Bugaev, V., Cao, P., Chen, C. C., Chen, C. H., Chen, P., Clem, J. M., Dailey, B., Deaconu, C., Dowkontt, P. F., Fox, B. D., Gordon, J. W. H., Gorham, P. W., Hill, B., Huang, J. J., Hughes, K., Hupe, R., Israel, M. H., Liewer, K. M., Lin, S. Y., Liu, T. C., Ludwig, A. B., Macchiarulo, L., Matsuno, S., McBride, K., Miki, C., Mulrey, K., Nam, J., Nichol, R. J., Novikov, A., Oberla, E., Prohira, S., Rauch, B. F., Roberts, J. M., Romero-Wolf, A., Rotter, B., Russell, J. W., Saltzberg, D., Seckel, D., Schoorlemmer, H., Shiao, J., Stafford, S., Stockham, J., Stockham, M., Strutt, B., Stuhr, J., Sutherland, M., Varner, G. S., Vieregg, A. G., Wang, S. H., and Wissel, S. A. The simulation of the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan radiation from cosmogenic neutrinos interacting in the Antarctic Ice.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
Web.  doi:10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08011.

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                    Cremonesi, L., Connolly, A., Allison, P., Banerjee, O., Batten, L., Beatty, J. J., Bechtol, K., Belov, K., Besson, D. Z., Binns, W. R., Bugaev, V., Cao, P., Chen, C. C., Chen, C. H., Chen, P., Clem, J. M., Dailey, B., Deaconu, C., Dowkontt, P. F., Fox, B. D., Gordon, J. W. H., Gorham, P. W., Hill, B., Huang, J. J., Hughes, K., Hupe, R., Israel, M. H., Liewer, K. M., Lin, S. Y., Liu, T. C., Ludwig, A. B., Macchiarulo, L., Matsuno, S., McBride, K., Miki, C., Mulrey, K., Nam, J., Nichol, R. J., Novikov, A., Oberla, E., Prohira, S., Rauch, B. F., Roberts, J. M., Romero-Wolf, A., Rotter, B., Russell, J. W., Saltzberg, D., Seckel, D., Schoorlemmer, H., Shiao, J., Stafford, S., Stockham, J., Stockham, M., Strutt, B., Stuhr, J., Sutherland, M., Varner, G. S., Vieregg, A. G., Wang, S. H., & Wissel, S. A. The simulation of the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan radiation from cosmogenic neutrinos interacting in the Antarctic Ice.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08011

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                    Cremonesi, L., Connolly, A., Allison, P., Banerjee, O., Batten, L., Beatty, J. J., Bechtol, K., Belov, K., Besson, D. Z., Binns, W. R., Bugaev, V., Cao, P., Chen, C. C., Chen, C. H., Chen, P., Clem, J. M., Dailey, B., Deaconu, C., Dowkontt, P. F., Fox, B. D., Gordon, J. W. H., Gorham, P. W., Hill, B., Huang, J. J., Hughes, K., Hupe, R., Israel, M. H., Liewer, K. M., Lin, S. Y., Liu, T. C., Ludwig, A. B., Macchiarulo, L., Matsuno, S., McBride, K., Miki, C., Mulrey, K., Nam, J., Nichol, R. J., Novikov, A., Oberla, E., Prohira, S., Rauch, B. F., Roberts, J. M., Romero-Wolf, A., Rotter, B., Russell, J. W., Saltzberg, D., Seckel, D., Schoorlemmer, H., Shiao, J., Stafford, S., Stockham, J., Stockham, M., Strutt, B., Stuhr, J., Sutherland, M., Varner, G. S., Vieregg, A. G., Wang, S. H., and Wissel, S. A. Thu .  
"The simulation of the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan radiation from cosmogenic neutrinos interacting in the Antarctic Ice".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08011.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1597510.

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@article{osti_1597510,

  title        = {The simulation of the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan radiation from cosmogenic neutrinos interacting in the Antarctic Ice},

  author       = {Cremonesi, L. and Connolly, A. and Allison, P. and Banerjee, O. and Batten, L. and Beatty, J. J. and Bechtol, K. and Belov, K. and Besson, D. Z. and Binns, W. R. and Bugaev, V. and Cao, P. and Chen, C. C. and Chen, C. H. and Chen, P. and Clem, J. M. and Dailey, B. and Deaconu, C. and Dowkontt, P. F. and Fox, B. D. and Gordon, J. W. H. and Gorham, P. W. and Hill, B. and Huang, J. J. and Hughes, K. and Hupe, R. and Israel, M. H. and Liewer, K. M. and Lin, S. Y. and Liu, T. C. and Ludwig, A. B. and Macchiarulo, L. and Matsuno, S. and McBride, K. and Miki, C. and Mulrey, K. and Nam, J. and Nichol, R. J. and Novikov, A. and Oberla, E. and Prohira, S. and Rauch, B. F. and Roberts, J. M. and Romero-Wolf, A. and Rotter, B. and Russell, J. W. and Saltzberg, D. and Seckel, D. and Schoorlemmer, H. and Shiao, J. and Stafford, S. and Stockham, J. and Stockham, M. and Strutt, B. and Stuhr, J. and Sutherland, M. and Varner, G. S. and Vieregg, A. G. and Wang, S. H. and Wissel, S. A.},

  abstractNote = {A Monte Carlo simulation program for the radio detection of Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrino interactions in the Antarctic ice as viewed by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is described in this article. The program, icemc, provides an input spectrum of UHE neutrinos, the parametrization of the Askaryan radiation generated by their interaction in the ice, and the propagation of the radiation through ice and air to a simulated model of the third and fourth ANITA flights. Lastly, this paper provides an overview of the icemc simulation, descriptions of the physics models used and of the ANITA electronics processing chain, data/simulation comparisons to validate the predicted performance, and a summary of the impact of published results.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08011},

  journal      = {Journal of Instrumentation},

  number       = 08,

  volume       = 14,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

}

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