TY - JOUR
T1 - Development toward a ground-based interferometric phased array for radio detection of high energy neutrinos
AU - Avva, J.
AU - Bechtol, K.
AU - Chesebro, T.
AU - Cremonesi, L.
AU - Deaconu, C.
AU - Gupta, A.
AU - Ludwig, A.
AU - Messino, W.
AU - Miki, C.
AU - Nichol, R.
AU - Oberla, E.
AU - Ransom, M.
AU - Romero-Wolf, A.
AU - Saltzberg, D.
AU - Schlupf, C.
AU - Shipp, N.
AU - Varner, G.
AU - Vieregg, A. G.
AU - Wissel, S. A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/10/11
Y1 - 2017/10/11
N2 - The in-ice radio interferometric phased array technique for detection of high energy neutrinos looks for Askaryan emission from neutrinos interacting in large volumes of glacial ice, and is being developed as a way to achieve a low energy threshold and a large effective volume at high energies. The technique is based on coherently summing the impulsive Askaryan signal from multiple antennas, which increases the signal-to-noise ratio for weak signals. We report here on measurements and a simulation of thermal noise correlations between nearby antennas, beamforming of impulsive signals, and a measurement of the expected improvement in trigger efficiency through the phased array technique. We also discuss the noise environment observed with an analog phased array at Summit Station, Greenland, a possible site for an interferometric phased array for radio detection of high energy neutrinos.
AB - The in-ice radio interferometric phased array technique for detection of high energy neutrinos looks for Askaryan emission from neutrinos interacting in large volumes of glacial ice, and is being developed as a way to achieve a low energy threshold and a large effective volume at high energies. The technique is based on coherently summing the impulsive Askaryan signal from multiple antennas, which increases the signal-to-noise ratio for weak signals. We report here on measurements and a simulation of thermal noise correlations between nearby antennas, beamforming of impulsive signals, and a measurement of the expected improvement in trigger efficiency through the phased array technique. We also discuss the noise environment observed with an analog phased array at Summit Station, Greenland, a possible site for an interferometric phased array for radio detection of high energy neutrinos.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.009
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85025092243
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 869
SP - 46
EP - 55
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
ER -