Ultra-high Energy Particle Astrophysics with ANITA-V California Polytechnic State University Co-I

THIS PROPOSAL IS IN COLLABORATION WITH PETER GORHAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WHO IS THE PI OF THE LEAD PROPOSAL. CO-I WISSEL AND HER GROUP AT CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY (CAL POLY) WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT UPGRADES CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF THE CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND WILL WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH CO-I UCLA. THE CAL POLY GROUP WILL PROVIDE CALIBRATION HARDWARE AND SUPPORT THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF ANITA-V DATA IN SEARCH OF ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY (UHE) NEUTRINOS AND COSMIC RAYS. WISSEL (NOW AT CAL POLY A NEW COLLABORATING INSTITUTION FOR ANITA-5) BRINGS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN THE DETECTION OF HIGH-ENERGY AND ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES TO THE COLLABORATION LEVERAGING HER FIFTEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS AND PREVIOUS WORK ON ANITA-III AND ANITA-IV.