The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna ultra-high energy neutrino detector: Design, performance, and sensitivity for 2006-2007 balloon flight

Journal Article · Sat May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.05.003· OSTI ID:1179572

Gorham, P. W. ^[1]; Allison, P. ^[1]; Barwick, S. W. ^[2]; Beatty, J. J. ^[3]; Besson, D. Z. ^[4]; Binns, W. R. ^[5]; Chen, C. ^[6]; Chen, P. ^[7]; Clem, J. M. ^[8]; Connolly, A. ^[9]; Dowkontt, P. F. ^[5]; DuVernois, M. A. ^[10]; Field, R. C. ^[6]; Goldstein, D. ^[2]; Goodhue, A. ^[11]; Hast, C. ^[6]; Hebert, C. L. ^[1]; Hoover, S. ^[11]; Israel, M. H. ^[5]; Learned, J. G. ^[12]

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1. Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa, HI (United States)
2. Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
3. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
4. Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
5. Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
6. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
7. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
8. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
9. Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom)
10. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
11. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
12. Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa, HI (United States). et al.

In this article, we present a comprehensive report on the experimental details of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) long-duration balloon payload, including the design philosophy and realization, physics simulations, performance of the instrument during its first Antarctic flight completed in January of 2007, and expectations for the limiting neutrino detection sensitivity.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 1179572
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-16278; arXiv:0812.1920
• Journal Information: Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 32, Issue 1; ISSN 0927-6505
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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