Measurement of acoustic properties of South Pole ice for neutrino astronomy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 604, Issue 1-2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Vandenbroucke, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Cosmic rays; Ice; Neutrino astronomy; South Pole

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TESTS; BACKGROUND NOISE; BACKGROUND REJECTION; DENSE-MEDIUM; DETECTION METHODS; ICE CUBES; ICE PROPERTIES; NEUTRINO ASTRONOMY; NEUTRINO DETECTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOUND SPEED; SOUTH POLE; WORK IN PROGRESS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; ICE; NEUTRONS; POLES;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 66149087357     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.064     Document Type: Article

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