Antarctic impulsive transient antenna (ANITA) instrumentation

S. Barwick; J. Beatty; D. Besson; J. Clem; S. Coutu; M. DuVernois; P. Evenson; P. Gorham; F. Halzen; D. Kieda; J. Learned; K. Liewer; S. Matsuno; C. Naudet; D. Saltzberg; D. Seckel; G. Varner

doi:10.1117/12.458042

Antarctic impulsive transient antenna (ANITA) instrumentation

S. Barwick, J. Beatty, D. Besson, J. Clem, S. Coutu, M. DuVernois, P. Evenson, P. Gorham, F. Halzen, D. Kieda, J. Learned, K. Liewer, S. Matsuno, C. Naudet, D. Saltzberg, D. Seckel, G. Varner

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We will report on the details of the ANITA instrument. This instrument is fundamentally a broadband antenna, which is arrayed and constructed in such a way as to be optimized for the detection and characterization of high-energy neutrino cascades. The requirement to maximize the detector view of the Antarctic ice fields implies low gain antennas yet the need for maximum sensitivity dictates using the highest gain possible. Since the Cherenkov signal increases quadratically at higher frequencies suggesting that the optimal selection is an antenna with constant gain as a function of frequency. The baseline design will be a linearly polarized log-periodic zigzag (LPZZ) antenna.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	277-283
Number of pages	7
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4858
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458042
State	Published - 2002
Event	Particle Astrophysics Instrumentation - Waikoloa, HI, United States Duration: Aug 22 2002 → Aug 23 2002

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Barwick, S., Beatty, J., Besson, D., Clem, J., Coutu, S., DuVernois, M., Evenson, P., Gorham, P., Halzen, F., Kieda, D., Learned, J., Liewer, K., Matsuno, S., Naudet, C., Saltzberg, D., Seckel, D., & Varner, G. (2002). Antarctic impulsive transient antenna (ANITA) instrumentation. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4858, 277-283. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458042

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