Simulation of birefringence effects for high-energy neutrino detectors
The detection of high-energy neutrinos in the E > O(PeV) range requires newdetection techniques in order to cope with the decreasing flux. The radio detectionmethod uses Askaryan emission to detect these neutrinos. The propagation of theradio pulses has to be modeled carefully in order to estimat...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-459988 2023-05-15T18:22:32+02:00 Simulation of birefringence effects for high-energy neutrino detectors Heyer, Nils 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-459988 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Högenergifysik FYSAST FYSPROJ1236 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-459988 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess astroparticle physics radio detection high-energy neutrinos birefringence Subatomic Physics Subatomär fysik Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2021 ftuppsalauniv 2023-02-23T21:57:22Z The detection of high-energy neutrinos in the E > O(PeV) range requires newdetection techniques in order to cope with the decreasing flux. The radio detectionmethod uses Askaryan emission to detect these neutrinos. The propagation of theradio pulses has to be modeled carefully in order to estimate the properties of theneutrinos from the detected radio pulse. This report introduces a model whichwas implemented to the NuRadioMC code to simulate birefringence effects in theice of the South Pole. To do that, a new ice model was created which combinesthe density and directional dependence on the refractive index. With this icemodel and an analytical ray tracer the time delay and polarization resulting frombirefringence was simulated for different geometries. A directional dependenceon the magnitude of the time delay and the change of the polarization along thepropagation path was found. To model the mixing of the polarization states dueto this change in polarization a pulse propagation model was introduced. Timedelay calculations resulting from this model were compared to simulations andmeasurements from the ARA experiment and have shown good agreement. Bachelor Thesis South pole Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) South Pole |
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The detection of high-energy neutrinos in the E > O(PeV) range requires newdetection techniques in order to cope with the decreasing flux. The radio detectionmethod uses Askaryan emission to detect these neutrinos. The propagation of theradio pulses has to be modeled carefully in order to estimate the properties of theneutrinos from the detected radio pulse. This report introduces a model whichwas implemented to the NuRadioMC code to simulate birefringence effects in theice of the South Pole. To do that, a new ice model was created which combinesthe density and directional dependence on the refractive index. With this icemodel and an analytical ray tracer the time delay and polarization resulting frombirefringence was simulated for different geometries. A directional dependenceon the magnitude of the time delay and the change of the polarization along thepropagation path was found. To model the mixing of the polarization states dueto this change in polarization a pulse propagation model was introduced. Timedelay calculations resulting from this model were compared to simulations andmeasurements from the ARA experiment and have shown good agreement. |
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Simulation of birefringence effects for high-energy neutrino detectors |
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Simulation of birefringence effects for high-energy neutrino detectors |
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Simulation of birefringence effects for high-energy neutrino detectors |
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Simulation of birefringence effects for high-energy neutrino detectors |
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Simulation of birefringence effects for high-energy neutrino detectors |
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simulation of birefringence effects for high-energy neutrino detectors |
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Uppsala universitet, Högenergifysik |
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