Design and performance of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup
The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) was built to evaluate the acoustic characteristics of the South Pole ice in the 10-100 kHz frequency range, for the purpose of assessing the feasibility of an acoustic neutrino detection array at the South Pole. The SPATS hardware consists of four vertical...
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ftinfoscience:oai:infoscience.tind.io:180435 2023-06-11T04:12:38+02:00 Design and performance of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup Abdou, Y. Becker, K. -H. Berdermann, J. Bissok, M. Bohm, C. Boeser, S. Bothe, M. Carson, M. Descamps, F. Fischer-Wolfarth, J. -H. Gustafsson, L. Hallgren, A. Heinen, D. Helbing, K. Heller, R. Hundertmark, S. Karg, T. Krieger, K. Laihem, K. Meures, T. Nahnhauer, R. Naumann, U. Oberson, F. Paul, L. Pohl, M. Price, B. Ribordy, M. Ryckbosch, D. Schunck, M. Semburg, B. Stegmaier, J. Sulanke, K. -H. Tosi, D. Vandenbroucke, J. Wiebusch, C. 2012-08-03T09:35:27Z http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/180435 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.03.027 unknown http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/180435 doi:10.1016/j.nima.2012.03.027 ISI:000306249000011 http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/180435 Text 2012 ftinfoscience https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.03.027 2023-05-08T00:53:03Z The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) was built to evaluate the acoustic characteristics of the South Pole ice in the 10-100 kHz frequency range, for the purpose of assessing the feasibility of an acoustic neutrino detection array at the South Pole. The SPATS hardware consists of four vertical strings deployed in the upper 500 m of the South Pole ice cap. The strings form a trapezoidal array with a maximum baseline of 543 m. Each string has seven stages equipped with one transmitter and one sensor module (glaciophone). Sound is detected or generated by piezoelectric ceramic elements inside the modules. Analogue signals are sent to the surface on electric cables where they are digitized by a PC-based data acquisition system. The data from all strings are collected on a central computer in the IceCube Laboratory from where they are sent to a central data storage facility via a satellite link or stored locally on tape. A technical overview of SPATS and its performance is presented. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Text Ice cap South pole EPFL Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne) South Pole Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 683 78 90 |
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The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) was built to evaluate the acoustic characteristics of the South Pole ice in the 10-100 kHz frequency range, for the purpose of assessing the feasibility of an acoustic neutrino detection array at the South Pole. The SPATS hardware consists of four vertical strings deployed in the upper 500 m of the South Pole ice cap. The strings form a trapezoidal array with a maximum baseline of 543 m. Each string has seven stages equipped with one transmitter and one sensor module (glaciophone). Sound is detected or generated by piezoelectric ceramic elements inside the modules. Analogue signals are sent to the surface on electric cables where they are digitized by a PC-based data acquisition system. The data from all strings are collected on a central computer in the IceCube Laboratory from where they are sent to a central data storage facility via a satellite link or stored locally on tape. A technical overview of SPATS and its performance is presented. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Abdou, Y. Becker, K. -H. Berdermann, J. Bissok, M. Bohm, C. Boeser, S. Bothe, M. Carson, M. Descamps, F. Fischer-Wolfarth, J. -H. Gustafsson, L. Hallgren, A. Heinen, D. Helbing, K. Heller, R. Hundertmark, S. Karg, T. Krieger, K. Laihem, K. Meures, T. Nahnhauer, R. Naumann, U. Oberson, F. Paul, L. Pohl, M. Price, B. Ribordy, M. Ryckbosch, D. Schunck, M. Semburg, B. Stegmaier, J. Sulanke, K. -H. Tosi, D. Vandenbroucke, J. Wiebusch, C. |
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Abdou, Y. Becker, K. -H. Berdermann, J. Bissok, M. Bohm, C. Boeser, S. Bothe, M. Carson, M. Descamps, F. Fischer-Wolfarth, J. -H. Gustafsson, L. Hallgren, A. Heinen, D. Helbing, K. Heller, R. Hundertmark, S. Karg, T. Krieger, K. Laihem, K. Meures, T. Nahnhauer, R. Naumann, U. Oberson, F. Paul, L. Pohl, M. Price, B. Ribordy, M. Ryckbosch, D. Schunck, M. Semburg, B. Stegmaier, J. Sulanke, K. -H. Tosi, D. Vandenbroucke, J. Wiebusch, C. Design and performance of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup |
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