Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding contribution by University College London
- Gives detailed insights into the challenging search for ultra-high energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin
- Excellent introduction to the methodology and experimental subtleties, as well as statistical data analysis
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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About this book
The winner of UCL's annual HEP thesis prize, this work describes an analysis of the data from the second flight of the Antarctica Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA). ANITA is a balloon-borne experiment that searches for radio signals originating from ultra-high energy neutrinos and cosmic rays interacting with the Antarctic ice or air. The search for ultrahigh energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin is one of the outstanding experimental challenges of the 21st century. The ANITA experiment was designed to be the most sensitive instrument to ultra-high energy neutrinos that originate from the interactions of cosmic rays with the cosmic microwave background. The methodology and results of the neutrino and cosmic ray searches are presented in the thesis.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Matthew Mottram received his first degree, MPhys Physics with Astrophysics, from the University of Leeds in 2003. He received his PhD for University College London for his work on the ANITA experiment. Matthew is currently working as a Post-doctoral research associate at the University of Sussex, working on the SNO+ experiment.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Search for Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos and Cosmic-Rays with ANITA-2
Authors: Matthew Joseph Mottram
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30032-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30031-8Published: 11 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51009-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30032-5Published: 10 July 2012
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 143
Topics: Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Measurement Science and Instrumentation