Antarctic impulsive transient antenna (ANITA) instrumentation

• Main Authors: Kieda, David B., Barwick, S.; Beatty, J.; Besson, D.; Clem, J.; Coutu, S.; DuVernois, M.; Evenson, P.; Gorham, P.; Halzen, F.; Learned, J.; Liewer, K.; Matsuno, S.; Naudet, C.; Saltzberg, D.; Seckel, D.; Varner, G.
• Other Authors: College of Science, Physics
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 2003
• Subjects: ANITA; Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna; Neutrino; Balloon; Antarctica; Astronomical observatories; Neutrino astrophysics; Cherenkov radiation; Cosmic rays > Research; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pc3m20

Journal Article We will report on the details of the ANITA instrument. This instrument is fundamentally a broadband antenna, which is arrayed and constructed in such a way as to be optimized for the detection and characterization of high-energy neutrino cascades [1]. The requirement to maximize the detector view of the Antarctic ice fields implies low gain antennas yet the need for maximum sensitivity dictates using the highest gain possible. Since the Cherenkov signal increases quadratically at higher frequencies suggesting that the optimal selection is an antenna with constant gain as a function of frequency. The baseline design will be a linearly polarized log-periodic zigzag (LPZZ) antenna.