Design and initial performance of the Askaryan Radio Array prototype EeV neutrino detector at the South Pole

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 457-477

  Allison, P ^a   Auffenberg, J ^b   Bard, R ^c   Beatty, J J ^a   Besson, D Z ^d   Boser S ^e   Chen, C ^f   Chen, P ^f   Connolly, A ^a   Davies, J ^g   Duvernois, M ^b   Fox, B ^h   Gorham, P W ^h   Grashorn, E W ^a   Hanson, K ⁱ   Haugen, J ^b   Helbing, K ^j   Hill, B ^h   Hoffman, K D ^c   Hong, E ^a   Huang, M ^f   Huang, M H A ^f   Ishihara, A ^k   Karle, A ^l   Kennedy, D ^d   Landsman, H ^b   Liu, T C ^f   MacChiarulo, L ^h   Mase, K ^k   Meures, T ⁱ   Meyhandan, R ^h   Miki, C ^h   Morse, R ^h   Newcomb, M ^b   Nichol, R J ^g   Ratzlaff, K ^d   Richman, M ^c   Ritter, L ^h   Rott, C ^a   Rotter, B ^h   Sandstrom, P ^b   Seckel, D ^m   Touart, J ^c   Varner, G S ^h   Wang, M Z ^f   Weaver, C ^l   Wendorff, A ^d   Yoshida, S ^k   Young, R ^d   more..

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^k CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Neutrinos; Radio detection

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION LENGTHS; BACKGROUND NOISE; CONSTRUCTION PHASE; DETECTOR SYSTEMS; ENERGY RANGES; GALACTIC NOISE; IMPULSE GENERATORS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; NEUTRINOS; POLAR ICE; PRIOR ESTIMATES; PROTOTYPE DETECTOR; RADIO DETECTION; RADIO NOISE; SLANT DISTANCE; SOUTH POLE; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES;

DETECTORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; POLES; RADIO ASTRONOMY;

ICE;

EID: 84862777001     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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