Development of a Sub-glacial Radio Telescope for the Detection of GZK Neutrinos
Authors: Meures, Thomas
Free Preview- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Presents calibrations useful for future astroparticle projects such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array
- Describes in detail the as-built Askaryan Radio Array stations
- Provides a first analysis of Askaryan Radio Array stations, demonstrating the power of the radio technique
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-9
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The GZK Neutrino Flux
Pages 13-23
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The Askaryan Effect in Dense Media
Pages 25-34
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The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA)
Pages 37-57
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The Calibration of the Ice Ray Sampler (IRS2) Chip
Pages 59-79
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Development of a Sub-glacial Radio Telescope for the Detection of GZK Neutrinos
- Authors
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- Thomas Meures
- Series Title
- Springer Theses
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-18756-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-18756-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-18755-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-38705-5
- Series ISSN
- 2190-5053
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 159
- Number of Illustrations
- 42 b/w illustrations, 69 illustrations in colour
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