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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Main Author: Karg, Timo
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Published: arXiv 2010
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Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM
FOS Physical sciences
Antarctic
South Pole
Antarc*
Antarctica
South pole
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1010.2025
https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2025
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spelling ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.1010.2025 2023-05-15T13:39:19+02:00 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 Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic South Pole
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FOS Physical sciences
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FOS Physical sciences
Karg, Timo
Status and recent results of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup
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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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publisher arXiv
publishDate 2010
url https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1010.2025
https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2025
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