Overview of the ANITA project

Journal Article The ANITA project is designed to investigate ultra-high energy (>1017 eV) cosmic ray interactions throughout the universe by detecting the neutrinos created in those interactions. These high energy neutrinos are detectable through their interactions within the Antarctic ice sheet,...

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Main Authors: Kieda, David B., Barwick, Steven; Beatty, James; Besson, David; Clem, John; Coutu, Stephane; DuVernois, Michael; Evenson, Paul; Gorham, Peter; Halzen, Francis; Jacobson, Abram; Learned, John; Liewer, Kurt M.; Lowe, Stephen; Naudet, Charles; Odian, Allen; Saltzberg, David; Seckel, David
Other Authors: College of Science, Physics
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 2003
Subjects:
ANITA
Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna
High energy neutrinos
Antarctica
Balloon
Astronomical observatories
Neutrino astrophysics
Cosmic rays > Research
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6474tz5
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Summary:Journal Article The ANITA project is designed to investigate ultra-high energy (>1017 eV) cosmic ray interactions throughout the universe by detecting the neutrinos created in those interactions. These high energy neutrinos are detectable through their interactions within the Antarctic ice sheet, which ANITA will use as a detector target that effectively converts the neutrino interactions to radio pulses. This paper will give an overview of the project including scientific objectives, detection description and mission design.

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