Development of a Sub-glacial Radio Telescope for the Detection of GZK Neutrinos

Thomas Meures (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 159 Seiten

2016 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-38705-5 (ISBN)

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The goal of the project presented in this book is to detect neutrinos created by resonant interactions of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays on the CMB photon field filling the Universe. In this pioneering first analysis, the author puts forward much of the analysis framework, including calibrations of the electronic hardware and antenna geometry, as well as the development of algorithms for event reconstruction and data reduction. While only two of the 37 stations planned for the Askaryan Radio Array were used in this assessment of 10 months of data, the analysis was able to exclude neutrino fluxes above 10 PeV with a limit not far from the best current limit set by the IceCube detector, a result which establishes the radio detection technique as the path forward to achieving the massive volumes needed to detect these ultrahigh energy neutrinos.

Thomas Meures earned his Diploma in physics at the RWTH-Aachen University in 2010 with a thesis about the reciprocity calibration of acoustic hydrophones in water and ice, written under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Christopher Wiebusch. For his PhD studies he moved from acoustic research to radio neutrino detection at the Université libre de Bruxelles with Prof. Dr. Kael Hanson. Currently he is working on new developments of electronics for astroparticle physics experiments at the University of Wisconsin.

Introduction.- The GZK Neutrino Flux.- The Askaryan Effect in Dense Media.- The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA).- The Calibration of the Ice Ray Sampler (IRS2) Chip.- The Calibration of the ARA Station Geometry.- Simulations.- Algorithms for the ARA Data Analysis.- Signal Discrimination in the ARA02-ARA03 Data.- Data Analysis Results.- Summary and Outlook.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 159 p. 111 illus., 69 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
Schlagworte	Askaryan emission • Askaryan Radio Array • astrophysics • Astrophysics and Astroparticles • Digitizer calibration • GZK neutrinos • Measurement Science and Instrumentation • Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics • Particle and high-energy physics • Physics • Physics and Astronomy • Radio detection of neutrinos • Radio vertex reconstruction • Scientific standards, measurement etc
ISBN-10	3-319-38705-7 / 3319387057
ISBN-13	978-3-319-38705-5 / 9783319387055
Zustand	Neuware