The ICECUBE prototype string in AMANDA
The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (Amanda) is a high-energy neutrino telescope. It is a lattice of optical modules (OM) installed in the clear ice below the South Pole Station. Each OM contains a photomultiplier tube (PMT) that detects photons of Cherenkov light generated in the ice by...
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ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:1374994 2023-05-15T14:02:04+02:00 The ICECUBE prototype string in AMANDA Collaboration, AMANDA Ackermann, M 2006-01-18 http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1374994/ unknown Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A , 556 169 - 181. (2006) astro-ph Article 2006 ftucl 2015-02-12T23:20:18Z The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (Amanda) is a high-energy neutrino telescope. It is a lattice of optical modules (OM) installed in the clear ice below the South Pole Station. Each OM contains a photomultiplier tube (PMT) that detects photons of Cherenkov light generated in the ice by muons and electrons. IceCube is a cubic-kilometer-sized expansion of Amanda currently being built at the South Pole. In IceCube the PMT signals are digitized already in the optical modules and transmitted to the surface. A prototype string of 41 OMs equipped with this new all-digital technology was deployed in the Amanda array in the year 2000. In this paper we describe the technology and demonstrate that this string serves as a proof of concept for the IceCube array. Our investigations show that the OM timing accuracy is 5 ns. Atmospheric muons are detected in excellent agreement with expectations with respect to both angular distribution and absolute rate. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole University College London: UCL Discovery Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic |
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The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (Amanda) is a high-energy neutrino telescope. It is a lattice of optical modules (OM) installed in the clear ice below the South Pole Station. Each OM contains a photomultiplier tube (PMT) that detects photons of Cherenkov light generated in the ice by muons and electrons. IceCube is a cubic-kilometer-sized expansion of Amanda currently being built at the South Pole. In IceCube the PMT signals are digitized already in the optical modules and transmitted to the surface. A prototype string of 41 OMs equipped with this new all-digital technology was deployed in the Amanda array in the year 2000. In this paper we describe the technology and demonstrate that this string serves as a proof of concept for the IceCube array. Our investigations show that the OM timing accuracy is 5 ns. Atmospheric muons are detected in excellent agreement with expectations with respect to both angular distribution and absolute rate. |
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The ICECUBE prototype string in AMANDA |
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The ICECUBE prototype string in AMANDA |
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The ICECUBE prototype string in AMANDA |
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Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic |
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