The directional dependence of the lunar Cherenkov technique for UHE neutrino detection

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

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

  James, C W ^a   Protheroe, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coherent radio emission; Lunar Cherenkov technique; UHE neutrino detection; UHE neutrino flux limits

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; BEAM POINTING; CHERENKOV; COHERENT RADIO EMISSION; DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; LUNAR CHERENKOV TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION RESULT; SKY COVERAGE; TELESCOPE ARRAYS; UHE NEUTRINO DETECTION; UHE NEUTRINO FLUX LIMITS; UHE NEUTRINOS;

ASTROPHYSICS; EXPERIMENTS; NEUTRONS;

MOON;

EID: 66149113737     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.082     Document Type: Article

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