Results from the Anita experiment

Andrea Silvestri; S. W. Barwick; J. J. Beatty; D. Z. Besson; W. R. Binns; B. Cai; J. M. Clem; A. Connolly; D. F. Cowen; P. F. Dowkontt; M. A. Du Vernois; P. A. Evenson; D. Goldstein; P. W. Gorham; C. L. Hebert; M. H. Israel; J. G. Learned; K. M. Liewer; J. T. Link; S. Matsuno; P. Miocinovic; J. Nam; C. J. Naudet; R. Nichol; K. Palladino; M. Rosen; D. Saltzberg; D. Seckel; A. Silvestri; B. T. Stokes; G. S. Varner; F. Wu

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Results from the Anita experiment

Andrea Silvestri, S. W. Barwick, J. J. Beatty, D. Z. Besson, W. R. Binns, B. Cai, J. M. Clem, A. Connolly, D. F. Cowen, P. F. Dowkontt, M. A. Du Vernois, P. A. Evenson, D. Goldstein, P. W. Gorham, C. L. Hebert, M. H. Israel, J. G. Learned, K. M. Liewer, J. T. Link, S. MatsunoP. Miocinovic, J. Nam, C. J. Naudet, R. Nichol, K. Palladino, M. Rosen, D. Saltzberg, D. Seckel, A. Silvestri, B. T. Stokes, G. S. Varner, F. Wu

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The ANtarctic Impulse Transient Antenna (ANITA) is the first long-duration balloon experiment designed to search and measure the flux of Greisen-Zapsepin-Kuzmin (GZK) neutrinos. We present new limits on neutrinos fluxes of astronomical origin from data collected with the successful launch of a 2-antenna prototype instrument, called ANITA-lite, that circled the Antarctic continent for 18.4 days in January 2004. We performed a search for Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) neutrinos with energies above 3 × 10¹⁸ eV. No excess events above the background expectation were observed and a neutrino flux following E^-2 spectrum for all neutrino flavors, is limited to E_v^-2F < 1.6 × 10^-6 GeV cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 for 10^18.5 eV < E_v < 10^23.5 eV at 90% confidence level. The launch of ANITA is scheduled for December 2006. Looking beyond ANITA, we describe a new idea, called ARIANNA (Antarctic Ross Iceshelf ANtenna Neutrino Array), to increase the sensitivity for GZK neutrinos by one order of magnitude better than ANITA.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2237-2246
Number of pages	10
Journal	Modern Physics Letters A
Volume	22
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732307024279
State	Published - Sep 28 2007

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
General Physics and Astronomy

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Silvestri, A., Barwick, S. W., Beatty, J. J., Besson, D. Z., Binns, W. R., Cai, B., Clem, J. M., Connolly, A., Cowen, D. F., Dowkontt, P. F., Du Vernois, M. A., Evenson, P. A., Goldstein, D., Gorham, P. W., Hebert, C. L., Israel, M. H., Learned, J. G., Liewer, K. M., Link, J. T., ... Wu, F. (2007). Results from the Anita experiment. Modern Physics Letters A, 22(30), 2237-2246. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732307024279

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