Design and initial performance of the Askaryan Radio Array prototype EeV neutrino detector at the South Pole

• Main Authors: Allison, Patrick, Auffenberg, Jan, Bard, Robert, Beatty, James, Besson, David DZB, Böser, Sybille, Chen, Chih-Ching, Chen, Pisin, Connolly, Amy, Davies, Jonathan, Duvernois, Michael, Fox, Brendan, Gorham, Peter, Grashorn, E., Hanson, Kael Dylan, Haugen, James, Helbing, Klaus, Hill, B., Hoffman, Kara KDH, Hong, Eugene, Huang, M., Huang, M.H.A., Ishihara, Aya, Karle, Albrecht, Kennedy, Daniel, Landsman, H., Liu, T.C., Macchiarulo, Luca, Mase, K., Meures, Thomas, Meyhandan, Rishi, Miki, Christian, Morse, Robert, Newcomb, M., Nichol, Ryan RJN, Ratzlaff, Ken, Richman, Michael, Ritter, L., Rott, C., Rotter, Ben, Sandstrom, Perry, Seckel, David, Touart, J., Varner, Gary, Wang, M.Z., Weaver, Christopher, Wendorff, Andrew, Yoshida, Sho, Young, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Physique des particules élémentaires; neutrino; askaryan effect; Amundsen-Scott; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/140111; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/140111/4/Elsevier_111445.pdf; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/140111/1/ara-dap-2012.pdf

We report on studies of the viability and sensitivity of the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA), a new initiative to develop a Teraton-scale ultra-high energy neutrino detector in deep, radio-transparent ice near Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole. An initial prototype ARA detector system was installe...