The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Science Prospects and Performance at First Light
We update the science prospects for the recently completed AMANDA South Pole neutrino detector. With an effective telescope area of order 10^4 m^2 and a threshold of ~50 GeV, it represents the first instrument of a new generation of high energy neutrino detectors, envisaged over 25 years ago. We des...
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1997
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9707289 https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9707289 |
Summary: | We update the science prospects for the recently completed AMANDA South Pole neutrino detector. With an effective telescope area of order 10^4 m^2 and a threshold of ~50 GeV, it represents the first instrument of a new generation of high energy neutrino detectors, envisaged over 25 years ago. We describe the instrument and its performance, and map its expansion to a detector of kilometer dimension. : 18 pages, Latex2.09, uses epsf.sty. Includes 14 postscript files |
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