Measurement of sound speed vs. depth in South Pole ice for neutrino astronomy

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 277-286

  Abbasi, R ^w   Abdou, Y ^q   Ackermann, M ^ah   Adams, J ^m   Aguilar, J A ^w   Ahlers, M ^aa   Andeen, K ^w   Auffenberg, J ^ag   Bai, X ^z   Baker, M ^w   Barwick, S W ^s   Bay, R ^g   Bazo Alba, J L ^ah   Beattie, K ^h   Beatty, J J ^o   Bechet, S ^j   Becker, J K ^p   Becker, K H ^ag   Benabderrahmane, M L ^ah   Berdermann, J ^ah   Berghaus, P ^w   Berley, D ⁿ   Bernardini, E ^ah   Bertrand, D ^j   Besson, D Z ^u   Bissok, M ^a   Blaufuss, E ⁿ   Boersma, D J ^w   Bohm, C ^ac   Bolmont, J ^ah   Boser S ^ah   Botner, O ^ae   Bradley, L ^ad   Braun, J ^w   Breder, D ^ag   Castermans, T ^y   Chirkin, D ^w   Christy, B ⁿ   Clem, J ^z   Cohen, S ^t   Cowen, D F ^ad   D'Agostino, M V ^g   Danninger, M ^ac   Day, C T ^h   De Clercq, C ^k   Demirors L ^t   Depaepe, O ^k   Descamps, F ^q   Desiati, P ^w   De Vries Uiterweerd, G ^q   Deyoung, T ^ad   Diaz Velez, J C ^w   Dreyer, J ^p   Dumm, J P ^w   Duvoort, M R ^af   Edwards, W R ^h   Ehrlich, R ⁿ   Eisch, J ^w   Ellsworth, R W ⁿ   Engdegrd, O ^ae   Euler, S ^a   Evenson, P A ^z   Fadiran, O ^d   Fazely, A R ^f   Feusels, T ^q   Filimonov, K ^g   Finley, C ^w   Foerster, M M ^ad   Fox, B D ^ad   Franckowiak, A ⁱ   Franke, R ^ah   Gaisser, T K ^z   Gallagher, J ^v   Ganugapati, R ^w   Gerhardt, L ^g,h   Gladstone, L ^w   Goldschmidt, A ^h   Goodman, J A ⁿ   Gozzini, R ^x   Grant, D ^ad   Griesel, T ^x   Gross A ^m,r   Grullon, S ^w   Gunasingha, R M ^f   Gurtner, M ^ag   Ha, C ^ad   Hallgren, A ^ae   Halzen, F ^w   Han, K ^m   Hanson, K ^w   Hasegawa, Y ^l   Heise, J ^af   Helbing, K ^ag   Herquet, P ^y   Hickford, S ^m   Hill, G C ^w   Hoffman, K D ⁿ   Hoshina, K ^w   Hubert, D ^k   Huelsnitz, W ⁿ   Hulss J P ^a   Hulth, P O ^ac   Hultqvist, K ^ac   Hussain, S ^z   Imlay, R L ^f   Inaba, M ^l   Ishihara, A ^l   Jacobsen, J ^w   Japaridze, G S ^d   Johansson, H ^ac   Joseph, J M ^h   Kampert, K H ^ag   Kappes, A ^w   Karg, T ^ag   Karle, A ^w   Kelley, J L ^w   Kenny, P ^u   Kiryluk, J ^g,h   Kislat, F ^ah   Klein, S R ^g,h   Klepser, S ^ah   Knops, S ^a   Kohnen, G ^y   Kolanoski, H ⁱ   Kopke L ^x   Kowalski, M ⁱ   Kowarik, T ^x   Krasberg, M ^w   Kuehn, K ^o   Kuwabara, T ^z   Labare, M ^j   Lafebre, S ^ad   Laihem, K ^a   Landsman, H ^w   Lauer, R ^ah   Leich, H ^ah   Lennarz, D ^a   Lucke, A ⁱ   Lundberg, J ^ae   Lunemann J ^x   Madsen, J ^ab   Majumdar, P ^ah   Maruyama, R ^w   Mase, K ^l   Matis, H S ^h   McParland, C P ^h   Meagher, K ⁿ   Merck, M ^w   Meszaros P ^ad   Middell, E ^ah   Milke, N ^p   Miyamoto, H ^l   Mohr, A ⁱ   Montaruli, T ^w   Morse, R ^w   Movit, S M ^ad   Munich K ^p   Nahnhauer, R ^ah   Nam, J W ^s   Niessen P ^z   Nygren, D R ^h,ac   Odrowski, S ^r   Olivas, A ⁿ   Olivo, M ^ae   Ono, M ^l   Panknin, S ⁱ   Patton, S ^h   Perez De Los Heros C ^ae   Petrovic, J ^j   Piegsa, A ^x   Pieloth, D ^ah   Pohl, A C ^ae   Porrata, R ^g   Potthoff, N ^ag   Price, P B ^g   Prikockis, M ^ad   Przybylski, G T ^h   Rawlins, K ^c   Redl, P ⁿ   Resconi, E ^r   Rhode, W ^p   Ribordy, M ^t   Rizzo, A ^k   Rodrigues, J P ^w   Roth, P ⁿ   Rothmaier, F ^x   Rott, C ^o   Roucelle, C ^r   Rutledge, D ^ad   Ryckbosch, D ^q   Sander, H G ^x   Sarkar, S ^aa   Satalecka, K ^ah   Schlenstedt, S ^ah   Schmidt, T ⁿ   Schneider, D ^w   Schukraft, A ^a   Schulz, O ^r   Schunck, M ^a   Seckel, D ^z   Semburg, B ^ag   Seo, S H ^ac   Sestayo, Y ^r   Seunarine, S ^m   Silvestri, A ^s   Slipak, A ^ad   Spiczak, G M ^ab   Spiering, C ^ah   Stamatikos, M ^o   Stanev, T ^z   Stephens, G ^ad   Stezelberger, T ^h   Stokstad, R G ^h   Stoufer, M C ^h   Stoyanov, S ^z   Strahler, E A ^w   Straszheim, T ⁿ   Sulanke, K H ^ah   Sullivan, G W ⁿ   Swillens, Q ^j   Taboada, I ^e   Tarasova, O ^ah   Tepe, A ^ag   Ter Antonyan, S ^f   Terranova, C ^t   Tilav, S ^z   Tluczykont, M ^ah   Toale, P A ^ad   Tosi, D ^ah   Turan, D ⁿ   Van Eijndhoven, N ^af   Vandenbroucke, J ^g   Van Overloop, A ^q   Vogt, C ^a   Voigt, B ^ah   Walck, C ^ac   Waldenmaier, T ⁱ   Walter, M ^ah   Wendt, C ^w   Westerhoff, S ^w   Whitehorn, N ^w   Wiebusch, C H ^a   Wiedemann, A ^p   Wikstrom G ^ac   Williams, D R ^b   Wischnewski, R ^ah   Wissing, H ^a,n   Woschnagg, K ^g   Xu, X W ^f   Yodh, G ^s   Yoshida, S ^l   more..

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^k VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^l CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

ⁿ Bldg 142   (United States)

^o OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^r MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t EPFL   (Switzerland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^w University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^x JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^z UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ac STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ad PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^af UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^ah DESY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Acoustics; Neutrino astronomy; Pressure waves; Shear waves; Sound speed; South Pole

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DETECTION; ACOUSTIC SOURCES; ACOUSTIC TESTS; EMISSION TIME; ENERGY RECONSTRUCTION; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; NEUTRINO ASTRONOMY; PIEZO-CERAMICS; PRESSURE WAVES; SOUND SPEED; SOUND SPEED PROFILES; SOUTH POLE; ZERO VARIATION;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTICS; ASTRONOMY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ICE; POLES; SENSORS; SHEAR WAVES; SPEED; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 77955176407     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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