Overview of the ANITA project

• Main Authors: Steven Barwickb, James Beattyc, David Bessond, John Cleme, Stephane Coutuc, Michael Duvernoisf, Paul Evensone, Francis Halzenh, Abram Jacobseni, David Kiedaj, John Learnedg, Kurt M. Liewera, Stephen Lowea, Charles Naudeta, Allen Odiank, David Saltzbergl, David Seckele
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: ANITA; High energy neutrinos; Antarctica; balloon 1. SCIENTIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The primary objectives of the Antarctic Impulsive; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.507.5632; http://data.duvernois.org/papers/ANITA_overview.pdf

The ANITA project is designed to investigate ultra-high energy (>1017 eV) cosmic ray interactions throughout the universe by detecting the neutrinos created in those interactions. These high energy neutrinos are detectable through their interactions within the Antarctic ice sheet, which ANITA will use as a detector target that effectively converts the neutrino interactions to radio pulses. This paper will give an overview of the project including scientific objectives, detection description and mission design.