ARIANNA: Current developments and understanding the ice for neutrino detection

• Main Author: Nelles, Anna
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg 2018
• Subjects: neutrino interaction; ice; ARIANNA; radio wave; propagation; monitoring; trajectory; modular; surface; dipole; pole; Ross Ice Shelf; South Pole; Ice Shelf; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.3204/pubdb-2019-00458; http://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/418437

8th International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities, ARENA 2018, Catania, Italy, 12 Jun 2018 - 15 Jun 2018; 6 pp. (2018). : The ARIANNA experiment aims to detect the radio signals of cosmogenic neutrinos. It is running in its pilot phase on the Ross Ice-shelf, and one station has been installed at South Pole. The ARIANNA concept is based on installing high-gain log periodic dipole antennas close to the surface monitoring the underlying ice for the radio signals following a neutrino interaction. Especially, but not only in this configuration, it is essential to understand the trajectories that the signals take through the ice. We will report on various experimental evidence concerning the signal propagation in ice. We will discuss the implications for neutrino detection, results of neutrino searches and give the first introduction to a new modular simulation framework.