The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Principle of Operation and First Results

AMANDA is a high-energy neutrino telescope presently under construction at the geographical South Pole. In the Antarctic summer 1995/96, an array of 80 optical modules (OMs) arranged on 4 strings (AMANDA-B4) was deployed at depths between 1.5 and 2 km. In this paper we describe the design and perfor...

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Main Author: Andrés, E C
Language:English
Published: 1999
Subjects:
Astrophysics and Astronomy
Antarctic
South Pole
The Antarctic
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South pole
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spelling ftcern:oai:cds.cern.ch:390187 2023-05-15T14:03:14+02:00 The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Principle of Operation and First Results Andrés, E C 1999-06-14 http://cds.cern.ch/record/390187 eng eng http://cds.cern.ch/record/390187 astro-ph/9906203 DESY-99-073 oai:cds.cern.ch:390187 Astrophysics and Astronomy 1999 ftcern 2018-07-28T04:02:59Z AMANDA is a high-energy neutrino telescope presently under construction at the geographical South Pole. In the Antarctic summer 1995/96, an array of 80 optical modules (OMs) arranged on 4 strings (AMANDA-B4) was deployed at depths between 1.5 and 2 km. In this paper we describe the design and performance of the AMANDA-B4 prototype, based on data collected between February and November 1996. Monte Carlo simulations of the detector response to down-going atmospheric muon tracks show that the global behavior of the detector is understood. We describe the data analysis method and present first results on atmospheric muon reconstruction and separation of neutrino candidates. The AMANDA array was upgraded with 216 OMs on 6 new strings in 1996/97 (AMANDA-B10), and 122 additional OMs on 3 strings in 1997/98. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole CERN Document Server (CDS) Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic
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The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Principle of Operation and First Results
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description AMANDA is a high-energy neutrino telescope presently under construction at the geographical South Pole. In the Antarctic summer 1995/96, an array of 80 optical modules (OMs) arranged on 4 strings (AMANDA-B4) was deployed at depths between 1.5 and 2 km. In this paper we describe the design and performance of the AMANDA-B4 prototype, based on data collected between February and November 1996. Monte Carlo simulations of the detector response to down-going atmospheric muon tracks show that the global behavior of the detector is understood. We describe the data analysis method and present first results on atmospheric muon reconstruction and separation of neutrino candidates. The AMANDA array was upgraded with 216 OMs on 6 new strings in 1996/97 (AMANDA-B10), and 122 additional OMs on 3 strings in 1997/98.
author Andrés, E C
author_facet Andrés, E C
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title The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Principle of Operation and First Results
title_short The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Principle of Operation and First Results
title_full The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Principle of Operation and First Results
title_fullStr The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Principle of Operation and First Results
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