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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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt05z940dv 2024-06-23T07:53:51+00:00 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 Nuclear and Plasma Physics Particle and High Energy Physics Physical Sciences Cosmic rays Neutrinos Radio emission 98.70.Sa 95.85.Ry 95.55.Vj 95.55.Jz Astronomical and Space Sciences Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle and Plasma Physics Nuclear & Particles Physics Astronomical sciences article 2017 ftcdlib 2024-06-12T00:29:45Z 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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Nuclear and Plasma Physics Particle and High Energy Physics Physical Sciences Cosmic rays Neutrinos Radio emission 98.70.Sa 95.85.Ry 95.55.Vj 95.55.Jz Astronomical and Space Sciences Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle and Plasma Physics Nuclear & Particles Physics Astronomical sciences |
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Nuclear and Plasma Physics Particle and High Energy Physics Physical Sciences Cosmic rays Neutrinos Radio emission 98.70.Sa 95.85.Ry 95.55.Vj 95.55.Jz Astronomical and Space Sciences Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle and Plasma Physics Nuclear & Particles Physics Astronomical sciences 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 |
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Nuclear and Plasma Physics Particle and High Energy Physics Physical Sciences Cosmic rays Neutrinos Radio emission 98.70.Sa 95.85.Ry 95.55.Vj 95.55.Jz Astronomical and Space Sciences Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle and Plasma Physics Nuclear & Particles Physics Astronomical sciences |
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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. |
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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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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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Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf |
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Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf |
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Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf |
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Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf |
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Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf |
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radio detection of air showers with the arianna experiment on the ross ice shelf |
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