Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf

The ARIANNA hexagonal radio array (HRA) is an experiment in its pilot phase designed to detect cosmogenic neutrinos of energies above 1016 eV. The most neutrino-like background stems from the radio emission of air showers. This article reports on dedicated efforts of simulating and detecting the sig...

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Main Authors: Barwick, SW, Besson, DZ, Burgman, A, Chiem, E, Hallgren, A, Hanson, JC, Klein, SR, Kleinfelder, SA, Nelles, A, Persichilli, C, Phillips, S, Prakash, T, Reed, C, Shively, SR, Tatar, J, Unger, E, Walker, J, Yodh, G
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spelling ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt05z940dv 2023-05-15T16:41:55+02:00 Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf Barwick, SW Besson, DZ Burgman, A Chiem, E Hallgren, A Hanson, JC Klein, SR Kleinfelder, SA Nelles, A Persichilli, C Phillips, S Prakash, T Reed, C Shively, SR Tatar, J Unger, E Walker, J Yodh, G 2017-04-01 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/05z940dv unknown eScholarship, University of California qt05z940dv https://escholarship.org/uc/item/05z940dv public Cosmic rays Neutrinos Radio emission 98.70.Sa 95.85.Ry 95.55.Vj 95.55.Jz Nuclear & Particles Physics Astronomical and Space Sciences Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle and Plasma Physics article 2017 ftcdlib 2021-11-08T18:16:31Z The ARIANNA hexagonal radio array (HRA) is an experiment in its pilot phase designed to detect cosmogenic neutrinos of energies above 1016 eV. The most neutrino-like background stems from the radio emission of air showers. This article reports on dedicated efforts of simulating and detecting the signals of cosmic rays. A description of the fully radio self-triggered data-set, the properties of the detected air shower signals in the frequency range of 100–500 MHz and the consequences for neutrino detection are given. 38 air shower signals are identified by their distinct waveform characteristics, are in good agreement with simulations and their signals provide evidence that neutrino-induced radio signals will be distinguishable with high efficiency in ARIANNA. The cosmic ray flux at a mean energy of 6.5−1.0+1.2×1017 eV is measured to be 1.1−0.7+1.0×10−16 eV−1 km−2 sr−1 yr−1 and one five-fold coincident event is used to illustrate the capabilities of the ARIANNA detector to reconstruct arrival direction and energy of air showers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf University of California: eScholarship Ross Ice Shelf
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topic Cosmic rays
Neutrinos
Radio emission
98.70.Sa
95.85.Ry
95.55.Vj
95.55.Jz
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Astronomical and Space Sciences
Atomic
Molecular
Nuclear
Particle and Plasma Physics
spellingShingle Cosmic rays
Neutrinos
Radio emission
98.70.Sa
95.85.Ry
95.55.Vj
95.55.Jz
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Astronomical and Space Sciences
Atomic
Molecular
Nuclear
Particle and Plasma Physics
Barwick, SW
Besson, DZ
Burgman, A
Chiem, E
Hallgren, A
Hanson, JC
Klein, SR
Kleinfelder, SA
Nelles, A
Persichilli, C
Phillips, S
Prakash, T
Reed, C
Shively, SR
Tatar, J
Unger, E
Walker, J
Yodh, G
Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf
topic_facet Cosmic rays
Neutrinos
Radio emission
98.70.Sa
95.85.Ry
95.55.Vj
95.55.Jz
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Astronomical and Space Sciences
Atomic
Molecular
Nuclear
Particle and Plasma Physics
description The ARIANNA hexagonal radio array (HRA) is an experiment in its pilot phase designed to detect cosmogenic neutrinos of energies above 1016 eV. The most neutrino-like background stems from the radio emission of air showers. This article reports on dedicated efforts of simulating and detecting the signals of cosmic rays. A description of the fully radio self-triggered data-set, the properties of the detected air shower signals in the frequency range of 100–500 MHz and the consequences for neutrino detection are given. 38 air shower signals are identified by their distinct waveform characteristics, are in good agreement with simulations and their signals provide evidence that neutrino-induced radio signals will be distinguishable with high efficiency in ARIANNA. The cosmic ray flux at a mean energy of 6.5−1.0+1.2×1017 eV is measured to be 1.1−0.7+1.0×10−16 eV−1 km−2 sr−1 yr−1 and one five-fold coincident event is used to illustrate the capabilities of the ARIANNA detector to reconstruct arrival direction and energy of air showers.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Barwick, SW
Besson, DZ
Burgman, A
Chiem, E
Hallgren, A
Hanson, JC
Klein, SR
Kleinfelder, SA
Nelles, A
Persichilli, C
Phillips, S
Prakash, T
Reed, C
Shively, SR
Tatar, J
Unger, E
Walker, J
Yodh, G
author_facet Barwick, SW
Besson, DZ
Burgman, A
Chiem, E
Hallgren, A
Hanson, JC
Klein, SR
Kleinfelder, SA
Nelles, A
Persichilli, C
Phillips, S
Prakash, T
Reed, C
Shively, SR
Tatar, J
Unger, E
Walker, J
Yodh, G
author_sort Barwick, SW
title Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf
title_short Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf
title_full Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf
title_fullStr Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf
title_full_unstemmed Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf
title_sort radio detection of air showers with the arianna experiment on the ross ice shelf
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