Antarctic impulsive transient antenna (ANITA) instrumentation

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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.
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