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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Main Author: Halzen, Francis
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: arXiv 1997
Subjects:
Astrophysics astro-ph
High Energy Physics - Experiment hep-ex
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph
FOS Physical sciences
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9707289
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9707289
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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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