In situ and laboratory studies of radiofrequency propagation through ice and implications for siting a large-scale Antarctic neutrino detector

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 348-358

  Besson, D ^a   Keast, R ^a   Velasco, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Radioglaciology; Radiowave detection; Ultra high energy neutrinos

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BISTATIC RADAR SYSTEM; DIRECT PROBE; ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION; FARADAY ROTATIONS; FIXED FREQUENCY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HORIZONTAL PLANES; ICE SURFACES; IN-SITU; INTERNAL LAYERS; LABORATORY STUDIES; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; POLARIZATION AXIS; PROPAGATION TIME; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO SIGNALS; RADIOGLACIOLOGY; REFLECTING LAYERS; SOUTH POLE; TIME DOMAIN; TRANSMITTED POWER; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS;

BIREFRINGENCE; DETECTORS; GEOMAGNETISM; NEUTRONS; POLARIZATION; POLES; PROBES; RADAR SYSTEMS; ROTATION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

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EID: 65749107900     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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