Wissel, S;
Avva, J;
Bechtol, K;
Chesebro, T;
Cremonesi, L;
Gupta, A;
Ludwig, A;
... Vieregg, A; + view all
(2017)
Phased arrays: A strategy to lower the energy threshold for neutrinos.
In: Buitink, S and Horandel, JR and DeJong, S and Lahmann, R and Nahnhauer, R and Scholten, O, (eds.)
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities (ARENA).
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Abstract
In-ice radio arrays are optimized for detecting the highest energy, cosmogenic neutrinos expected to be produced though cosmic ray interactions with background photons. However, there are two expected populations of high energy neutrinos: the astrophysical flux observed by IceCube (∼1 PeV) and the cosmogenic flux (∼ 1017 eV or 100 PeV). Typical radio arrays employ a noise-riding trigger, which limits their minimum energy threshold based on the background noise temperature of the ice. Phased radio arrays could lower the energy threshold by combining the signals from several channels before triggering, thereby improving the signal-to-noise at the trigger level. Reducing the energy threshold would allow radio experiments to more efficiently overlap with optical Cherenkov neutrino telescopes as well as for more efficient searches for cosmogenic neutrinos. We discuss the proposed technique and prototypical phased arrays deployed in an anechoic chamber and at Greenland’s Summit Station.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Phased arrays: A strategy to lower the energy threshold for neutrinos |
| Event: | 7th International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities (ARENA) |
| Location: | Groningen, NETHERLANDS |
| Dates: | 07 June 2016 - 10 June 2016 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1051/epjconf/201713505007 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713505007 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | RADIOFREQUENCY ATTENUATION, ICE |
| 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/1573442 |
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