Performance and simulation of the RICE detector

被引:88
作者
Kravchenko, I
Frichter, GM
Seckel, D
Spiczak, GM
Adams, J
Seunarine, S
Allen, C
Bean, A
Besson, D
Box, DJ
Buniy, R
Drees, J
McKay, D
Meyers, J
Perry, L
Ralston, J
Razzaque, S
Schmitz, DW
机构
[1] MIT, Nucl Sci Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] Florida State Univ, High Energy Phys, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
[3] Univ Delaware, Bartol Res Inst, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[4] Univ Canterbury, Dept Phys & Astron, Christchurch, New Zealand
[5] Univ Kansas, Dept Phys & Astron, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00194-9
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment at the South Pole, co-deployed with the AMANDA experiment, seeks to detect ultra-high energy electron neutrinos interacting in cold polar ice. Such interactions produce electromagnetic showers, which emit radio-frequency Cherenkov radiation. We describe the experimental apparatus and the procedures used to measure the neutrino flux. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:15 / 36
页数:22
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