Ultra-Transparent Antarctic Ice as a Supernova Detector

We have simulated the response of a high energy neutrino telescope in deep Antarctic ice to the stream of low energy neutrinos produced by a supernova. The passage of a large flux of MeV-energy neutrinos during a period of seconds will be detected as an excess of single counting rates in all individ...

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Main Authors: Halzen, F., Jacobsen, J. E., Zas, E.
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Published: arXiv 1995
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph
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Antarctic
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9512080
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9512080
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spelling ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9512080 2023-05-15T14:02:02+02:00 Ultra-Transparent Antarctic Ice as a Supernova Detector Halzen, F. Jacobsen, J. E. Zas, E. 1995 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9512080 https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9512080 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.53.7359 Assumed arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license to distribute this article for submissions made before January 2004 http://arxiv.org/licenses/assumed-1991-2003/ Astrophysics astro-ph High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 1995 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9512080 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.53.7359 2022-04-01T17:14:35Z We have simulated the response of a high energy neutrino telescope in deep Antarctic ice to the stream of low energy neutrinos produced by a supernova. The passage of a large flux of MeV-energy neutrinos during a period of seconds will be detected as an excess of single counting rates in all individual optical modules. We update here a previous estimate of the performance of such an instrument taking into account the recent discovery of absorption lengths of several hundred meters for near-UV photons in natural deep ice. The existing AMANDA detector can, even by the most conservative estimates, act as a galactic supernova watch. : 9 pages, Revtex file, no figures. Postscript file also available from http://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-888.ps.Z or from ftp://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-888.ps.Z Text Antarc* Antarctic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph
FOS Physical sciences
spellingShingle Astrophysics astro-ph
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph
FOS Physical sciences
Halzen, F.
Jacobsen, J. E.
Zas, E.
Ultra-Transparent Antarctic Ice as a Supernova Detector
topic_facet Astrophysics astro-ph
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph
FOS Physical sciences
description We have simulated the response of a high energy neutrino telescope in deep Antarctic ice to the stream of low energy neutrinos produced by a supernova. The passage of a large flux of MeV-energy neutrinos during a period of seconds will be detected as an excess of single counting rates in all individual optical modules. We update here a previous estimate of the performance of such an instrument taking into account the recent discovery of absorption lengths of several hundred meters for near-UV photons in natural deep ice. The existing AMANDA detector can, even by the most conservative estimates, act as a galactic supernova watch. : 9 pages, Revtex file, no figures. Postscript file also available from http://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-888.ps.Z or from ftp://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-888.ps.Z
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author Halzen, F.
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title Ultra-Transparent Antarctic Ice as a Supernova Detector
title_short Ultra-Transparent Antarctic Ice as a Supernova Detector
title_full Ultra-Transparent Antarctic Ice as a Supernova Detector
title_fullStr Ultra-Transparent Antarctic Ice as a Supernova Detector
title_full_unstemmed Ultra-Transparent Antarctic Ice as a Supernova Detector
title_sort ultra-transparent antarctic ice as a supernova detector
publisher arXiv
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url https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9512080
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