Prohira, S;
Novikov, A;
Besson, DZ;
Ratzlaff, K;
Stockham, J;
Stockham, M;
Clem, JM;
... Wu, F; + view all
(2019)
HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
, 918
pp. 60-66.
10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092.
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Abstract
The NASA supported High-Altitude Calibration (HiCal)-2 instrument flew as a companion balloon to the ANITA-4 experiment in December 2016. Based on a high-voltage (HV) discharge pulser producing radio-frequency (RF) calibration pulses, HiCal-2 comprised two payloads, which flew for a combined 18 days, covering 1.5 revolutions of the Antarctic continent. ANITA-4 captured over 10,000 pulses from HiCal-2, both direct and reflected from the surface, at distances varying from 100–700 km, providing a large dataset for surface reflectivity measurements. Herein we present details on the design, construction and performance of HiCal-2.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Radio, Antarctica, Ice properties, High-voltage, Pulse, Pulser |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068494 |
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