IceRay: An IceCube-centered Radio-Cherenkov GZK Neutrino Detector
Abstract
We discuss design considerations and simulation results for IceRay, a proposed large-scale ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrino detector at the South Pole. The array is designed to detect the coherent Askaryan radio emission from UHE neutrino interactions in the ice, with the goal of detecting the cosmogenic neutrino flux with reasonable event rates. Operating in coincidence with the IceCube neutrino detector would allow complete calorimetry of a subset of the events. We also report on the status of a testbed IceRay station which incorporates both ANITA and IceCube technology and will provide year-round monitoring of the radio environment at the South Pole.
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@article{arxiv.0904.1309,
title = {IceRay: An IceCube-centered Radio-Cherenkov GZK Neutrino Detector},
author = {P. Allison and J. Beatty and P. Chen and A. Connolly and M. DuVernois and P. Gorham and F. Halzen and K. Hanson and K. Hoffman and A. Karle and J. L. Kelley and H. Landsman and J. Learned and C. Miki and R. Morse and R. Nichol and C. Rott and L. Ruckman and D. Seckel and G. Varner and D. Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.1309},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
5 pages, 7 figures; Proceedings of ARENA 2008, to be published in Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A