The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna ultra-high energy neutrino detector: Design, performance, and sensitivity for the 2006-2007 balloon flight

We present a comprehensive report on the experimental details of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) long-duration balloon payload, including the design philosophy and realization, physics simulations, performance of the instrument during its first Antarctic flight completed in January...

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Main Authors: Gorham, PW, Allison, P, Barwick, SW, Beatty, JJ, Besson, DZ, Binns, WR, Chen, C, Chen, P, Clem, JM, Connolly, A, Dowkontt, PF, DuVernois, MA, Field, RC, Goldstein, D, Goodhue, A, Hast, C, Hebert, CL, Hoover, S, Israel, MH, Kowalski, J, Learned, JG, Liewer, KM, Link, JT, Lusczek, E, Matsuno, S, Mercurio, BC, Miki, C, Miocinovic, P, Nam, J, Naudet, CJ, Nichol, RJ, Palladino, K, Reil, K, Romero-Wolf, A, Rosen, M, Ruckman, L, Saltzberg, D, Seckel, D, Varner, GS, Walz, D, Wang, Y, Williams, C, Wu, F, ANITA Collaboration
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2009
Subjects:
Neutrinos
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays
Askaryan effect
Long-duration balloon payload
EXTENSIVE AIR-SHOWERS
COHERENT RADIO EMISSION
COSMIC RAYS
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
RUNAWAY BREAKDOWN
PULSES
ICE
CHARGE
RADIATION
SPECTRUM
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/148728/
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Summary:We present a comprehensive report on the experimental details of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) long-duration balloon payload, including the design philosophy and realization, physics simulations, performance of the instrument during its first Antarctic flight completed in January of 2007, and expectations for the limiting neutrino detection sensitivity. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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