Publication Type |
Journal Article |
School or College |
College of Science |
Department |
Physics |
Creator |
Kieda, David B. |
Other Author |
Barwick, S.; Beatty, J.; Besson, D.; Clem, J.; Coutu, S.; DuVernois, M.; Evenson, P.; Gorham, P.; Halzen, F.; Learned, J.; Liewer, K.; Matsuno, S.; Naudet, C.; Saltzberg, D.; Seckel, D.; Varner, G. |
Title |
Antarctic impulsive transient antenna (ANITA) instrumentation |
Date |
2003 |
Description |
We will report on the details of the ANITA instrument. This instrument is fundamentally a broadband antenna, which is arrayed and constructed in such a way as to be optimized for the detection and characterization of high-energy neutrino cascades [1]. The requirement to maximize the detector view of the Antarctic ice fields implies low gain antennas yet the need for maximum sensitivity dictates using the highest gain possible. Since the Cherenkov signal increases quadratically at higher frequencies suggesting that the optimal selection is an antenna with constant gain as a function of frequency. The baseline design will be a linearly polarized log-periodic zigzag (LPZZ) antenna. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) |
Volume |
4858 |
First Page |
277 |
Last Page |
283 |
DOI |
10.1117/12.458042 |
citatation_issn |
0277786X |
Subject |
ANITA; Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna; Neutrino; Balloon; Antarctica |
Subject LCSH |
Astronomical observatories; Neutrino astrophysics; Cherenkov radiation; Cosmic rays -- Research |
Language |
eng |
Conference Title |
Particle Astrophysics Instrumentation; Thursday 22 August 2002; Waikoloa, HI, USA |
Bibliographic Citation |
Barwick, S., Beatty, J., Besson, D., Clem, J., Coutu, S., DuVernois, M., Evenson, P., Gorham, P., Halzen, F., Kieda, D., Learned, J., Liewer, K., Matsuno, S., Naudet, C., Saltzberg, D., Seckel, D., & Varner, G. (2002). Antarctic impulsive transient antenna (ANITA) instrumentation. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4858, 277-83. |
Rights Management |
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application/pdf |
Format Extent |
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Identifier |
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ARK |
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Setname |
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Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pc3m20 |