Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors
Abstract Since summer 2021, the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) is searching for astrophysical neutrinos at energies $${>10}$$ > 10 PeV by detecting the radio emission from particle showers in the ice around Summit Station, Greenland. We present an extensive simulation study th...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:60f0871bdffa4dddb05b7b5de4745e8a 2023-05-15T16:27:41+02:00 Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors J. A. Aguilar P. Allison J. J. Beatty H. Bernhoff D. Besson N. Bingefors O. Botner S. Bouma S. Buitink K. Carter M. Cataldo B. A. Clark Z. Curtis-Ginsberg A. Connolly P. Dasgupta S. de Kockere K. D. de Vries C. Deaconu M. A. DuVernois C. Glaser A. Hallgren S. Hallmann J. C. Hanson B. Hendricks B. Hokanson-Fasig C. Hornhuber K. Hughes A. Karle J. L. Kelley S. R. Klein R. Krebs R. Lahmann U. Latif T. Meures Z. S. Meyers K. Mulrey A. Nelles A. Novikov E. Oberla B. Oeyen H. Pandya I. Plaisier L. Pyras D. Ryckbosch O. Scholten D. Seckel D. Smith D. Southall J. Torres S. Toscano 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10034-4 https://doaj.org/article/60f0871bdffa4dddb05b7b5de4745e8a EN eng SpringerOpen https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10034-4 https://doaj.org/toc/1434-6044 https://doaj.org/toc/1434-6052 doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10034-4 1434-6044 1434-6052 https://doaj.org/article/60f0871bdffa4dddb05b7b5de4745e8a European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 82, Iss 2, Pp 1-23 (2022) Astrophysics QB460-466 Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity QC770-798 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10034-4 2022-12-31T03:44:53Z Abstract Since summer 2021, the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) is searching for astrophysical neutrinos at energies $${>10}$$ > 10 PeV by detecting the radio emission from particle showers in the ice around Summit Station, Greenland. We present an extensive simulation study that shows how RNO-G will be able to measure the energy of such particle cascades, which will in turn be used to estimate the energy of the incoming neutrino that caused them. The location of the neutrino interaction is determined using the differences in arrival times between channels and the electric field of the radio signal is reconstructed using a novel approach based on Information Field Theory. Based on these properties, the shower energy can be estimated. We show that this method can achieve an uncertainty of 13% on the logarithm of the shower energy after modest quality cuts and estimate how this can constrain the energy of the neutrino. The method presented in this paper is applicable to all similar radio neutrino detectors, such as the proposed radio array of IceCube-Gen2. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Greenland The European Physical Journal C 82 2 |
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Astrophysics QB460-466 Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity QC770-798 J. A. Aguilar P. Allison J. J. Beatty H. Bernhoff D. Besson N. Bingefors O. Botner S. Bouma S. Buitink K. Carter M. Cataldo B. A. Clark Z. Curtis-Ginsberg A. Connolly P. Dasgupta S. de Kockere K. D. de Vries C. Deaconu M. A. DuVernois C. Glaser A. Hallgren S. Hallmann J. C. Hanson B. Hendricks B. Hokanson-Fasig C. Hornhuber K. Hughes A. Karle J. L. Kelley S. R. Klein R. Krebs R. Lahmann U. Latif T. Meures Z. S. Meyers K. Mulrey A. Nelles A. Novikov E. Oberla B. Oeyen H. Pandya I. Plaisier L. Pyras D. Ryckbosch O. Scholten D. Seckel D. Smith D. Southall J. Torres S. Toscano Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors |
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Abstract Since summer 2021, the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) is searching for astrophysical neutrinos at energies $${>10}$$ > 10 PeV by detecting the radio emission from particle showers in the ice around Summit Station, Greenland. We present an extensive simulation study that shows how RNO-G will be able to measure the energy of such particle cascades, which will in turn be used to estimate the energy of the incoming neutrino that caused them. The location of the neutrino interaction is determined using the differences in arrival times between channels and the electric field of the radio signal is reconstructed using a novel approach based on Information Field Theory. Based on these properties, the shower energy can be estimated. We show that this method can achieve an uncertainty of 13% on the logarithm of the shower energy after modest quality cuts and estimate how this can constrain the energy of the neutrino. The method presented in this paper is applicable to all similar radio neutrino detectors, such as the proposed radio array of IceCube-Gen2. |
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J. A. Aguilar P. Allison J. J. Beatty H. Bernhoff D. Besson N. Bingefors O. Botner S. Bouma S. Buitink K. Carter M. Cataldo B. A. Clark Z. Curtis-Ginsberg A. Connolly P. Dasgupta S. de Kockere K. D. de Vries C. Deaconu M. A. DuVernois C. Glaser A. Hallgren S. Hallmann J. C. Hanson B. Hendricks B. Hokanson-Fasig C. Hornhuber K. Hughes A. Karle J. L. Kelley S. R. Klein R. Krebs R. Lahmann U. Latif T. Meures Z. S. Meyers K. Mulrey A. Nelles A. Novikov E. Oberla B. Oeyen H. Pandya I. Plaisier L. Pyras D. Ryckbosch O. Scholten D. Seckel D. Smith D. Southall J. Torres S. Toscano |
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J. A. Aguilar P. Allison J. J. Beatty H. Bernhoff D. Besson N. Bingefors O. Botner S. Bouma S. Buitink K. Carter M. Cataldo B. A. Clark Z. Curtis-Ginsberg A. Connolly P. Dasgupta S. de Kockere K. D. de Vries C. Deaconu M. A. DuVernois C. Glaser A. Hallgren S. Hallmann J. C. Hanson B. Hendricks B. Hokanson-Fasig C. Hornhuber K. Hughes A. Karle J. L. Kelley S. R. Klein R. Krebs R. Lahmann U. Latif T. Meures Z. S. Meyers K. Mulrey A. Nelles A. Novikov E. Oberla B. Oeyen H. Pandya I. Plaisier L. Pyras D. Ryckbosch O. Scholten D. Seckel D. Smith D. Southall J. Torres S. Toscano |
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Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors |
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Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors |
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Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors |
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Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors |
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Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors |
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