Radio frequency birefringence in south polar ice and implications for neutrino reconstruction

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 755-768

  Kravchenko, I ^a   Besson, D ^b   Ramos, A ^b   Remmers, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Askaryan effect; Ice birefringence; Radio neutrino detection; Radioglaciology

Indexed keywords

ASKARYAN EFFECT; BISTATIC RADARS; DIRECT PROBE; HORIZONTAL PLANES; ICE SHEET; PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS; POLAR ICE; POLARIZATION ORIENTATION; PROPAGATION TIME; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO SIGNALS; RADIOGLACIOLOGY; SOUTH POLE; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINO DETECTION;

ASTROPHYSICS; BIREFRINGENCE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GLACIERS; PROBES; RADAR; RADIO; RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO WAVES;

ICE;

EID: 79952100979     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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