@article{ac98ee606eba42629992bb1cf097fef7,
title = "A Template-based UHE Neutrino Search Strategy for the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA)",
abstract = "The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is a gigaton-size neutrino radio telescope located near the geographic South Pole. ARA has five independent stations designed to detect Askaryan emission coming from the interactions between ultra-high energy neutrinos (> 10 PeV) and Antarctic ice. Each station includes of 16 antenna deployed in a matrix shape at up to 200 m deep in the ice. A simulated neutrino template, including the detector response model, was implemented in a new search technique for reducing background noise and improving the vertex reconstruction resolution. The template is used to scan through the data using the matched filter method, inspired by LIGO, looking for a low SNR neutrino signature and ultimately aiming to lower the detector{\textquoteright}s energy threshold at the analysis level. I will present the estimated sensitivity improvements to ARA analyses through the application of the template technique with results from simulation.",
author = "{the ARA Collaboration} and Myoungchul Kim and P. Allison and S. Archambault and Beatty, {J. J.} and M. Beheler-Amass and Besson, {D. Z.} and M. Beydler and Chen, {C. H.} and P. Chen and Chen, {Y. C.} and Clark, {B. A.} and W. Clay and A. Connolly and L. Cremonesi and P. Dasgupta and J. Davies and {De Kockere}, S. and {de Vries}, {K. D.} and C. Deaconu and DuVernois, {M. A.} and J. Flaherty and E. Friedman and R. Gaior and Hanson, {J. C.} and K. Hanson and N. Harty and B. Hendricks and Hoffman, {K. D.} and B. Hokanson-Fasig and E. Hong and Hsu, {S. Y.} and Huang, {J. J.} and Huang, {M. H.} and K. Hughes and A. Ishihara and A. Karle and Kelley, {J. L.} and R. Khandelwal and Kim, {K. C.} and Kim, {M. C.} and R. Krebs and I. Kravchenko and Y. Ku and Kuo, {C. Y.} and K. Kurusu and Latif, {U. A.} and A. Laundrie and H. Landsman and Lu, {M. Y.} and Wissel, {S. A.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs and Physics Division for their generous support through NSF OPP-902483, Grant NSF OPP-1002483, Grant NSF 1607555, Grant NSF OPP-1359535, Grant NSF OPP-1404212, and Grant NSF OPP-2013134, and Grant NSF 2019597. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Copyright owned by the author(s).; 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 ; Conference date: 12-07-2021 Through 23-07-2021",
year = "2022",
month = mar,
day = "18",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "395",
journal = "Proceedings of Science",
issn = "1824-8039",
publisher = "Sissa Medialab Srl",
}