Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup
The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) has been deployed to study the feasibility of acoustic neutrino detection in Antarctic ice around the South Pole. An array of four strings equipped with acoustic receivers and transmitters, permanently installed in the upper 500 m of boreholes drilled for t...
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| description | The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) has been deployed to study the feasibility of acoustic neutrino detection in Antarctic ice around the South Pole. An array of four strings equipped with acoustic receivers and transmitters, permanently installed in the upper 500 m of boreholes drilled for the IceCube neutrino observatory, and a retrievable transmitter that can be used in the water filled holes before the installation of the IceCube optical strings are used to measure the ice acoustic properties. These include the sound speed and its depth dependence, the attenuation length, the noise level, and the rate and nature of transient background sources in the relevant frequency range from 10 kHz to 100 kHz. SPATS is operating successfully since January 2007 and has been able to either measure or constrain all parameters. We present the latest results of SPATS and discuss their implications for future acoustic neutrino detection activities in Antarctica. : 7 pages, 5 figures, presented at the 4th International workshop on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino detection Activities - ARENA 2010 |
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| spelling | ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.1010.2025 2025-01-16T19:07:45+00:00 Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup Karg, Timo 2010 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1010.2025 https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2025 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.10.122 arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2010 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1010.2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.10.122 2022-04-01T14:34:08Z The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) has been deployed to study the feasibility of acoustic neutrino detection in Antarctic ice around the South Pole. An array of four strings equipped with acoustic receivers and transmitters, permanently installed in the upper 500 m of boreholes drilled for the IceCube neutrino observatory, and a retrievable transmitter that can be used in the water filled holes before the installation of the IceCube optical strings are used to measure the ice acoustic properties. These include the sound speed and its depth dependence, the attenuation length, the noise level, and the rate and nature of transient background sources in the relevant frequency range from 10 kHz to 100 kHz. SPATS is operating successfully since January 2007 and has been able to either measure or constrain all parameters. We present the latest results of SPATS and discuss their implications for future acoustic neutrino detection activities in Antarctica. : 7 pages, 5 figures, presented at the 4th International workshop on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino detection Activities - ARENA 2010 Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South pole South pole DataCite Antarctic South Pole |
| spellingShingle | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM FOS Physical sciences Karg, Timo Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup |
| title | Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup |
| title_full | Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup |
| title_fullStr | Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup |
| title_full_unstemmed | Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup |
| title_short | Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup |
| title_sort | status and recent results of the south pole acoustic test setup |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM FOS Physical sciences |
| topic_facet | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM FOS Physical sciences |
| url | https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1010.2025 https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2025 |