The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna Ultra-high Energy Neutrino Detector Design, Performance, and Sensitivity for 2006-2007 Balloon Flight

• Main Authors: ANITA Collaboration, Gorham, P., Allison, P., Barwick, S., Beatty, J., Besson, D., Binns, W., Chen, C., Chen, P., Clem, J., Connolly, A., Dowkontt, P., DuVernois, M., Field, R., Goldstein, D., Goodhue, A., Hast, C., Hebert, C., Hoover, S., Israel, M., Kowalski, J., Learned, J., Liewer, K., Link, J., Lusczek, E., Matsuno, S., Mercurio, B., Miki, C., Miocinovic, P., Nam, J., Naudet, C., Nichol, R., Palladino, K., Reil, K., Romero-Wolf, A., Rosen, M., Ruckman, L., Saltzberg, D., Seckel, D., Varner, G., Walz, D., Wang, Y., Wu, F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2008
• Subjects: Astrophysics astro-ph; High Energy Physics - Experiment hep-ex; Instrumentation and Detectors physics.ins-det; FOS Physical sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0812.1920; https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1920

We present a detailed report on the experimental details of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) long duration balloon payload, including the design philosophy and realization, physics simulations, performance of the instrument during its first Antarctic flight completed in January of 2007, and expectations for the limiting neutrino detection sensitivity. Neutrino physics results will be reported separately. : 50 pages, 49 figures, in preparation for PRD