The Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf Antenna Neutrino Array (ARIANNA) is a high-energy neutrino detector designed to record the Askaryan electric field signature of cosmogenic neutrino interactions in ice. To understand the inherent radio-frequency (RF) neutrino signature, the time-domain response of the ARIANNA RF receiver must be measured. ARIANNA uses Create CLP5130-2N log-periodic dipole arrays (LPDAs). The associated effective height operator converts incident electric fields to voltage waveforms at the LDPA terminals. The effective height versus time and incident angle was measured, along with the associated response of the ARIANNA RF amplifier. The results are verified by correlating to field measurements in air and ice, using oscilloscopes. Finally, theoretical models for the Askaryan electric field are combined with the detector response to predict the neutrino signature.
@article{arxiv.1406.0820,
title = {Time Domain Response of the ARIANNA Detector},
author = {S. W. Barwick and E. C. Berg and D. Z. Besson and J. C. Hanson and S. R. Klein and S. A. Kleinfelder and M. Piasecki and K. Ratzlaff and C. Reed and M. Roumi and T. Stezelberger and J. Tatar and J. Walker and R. Young and L. Zou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.0820},
year = {2014}
}
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13 pages, 19 figures, in press at Astroparticle Physics Journal. Contact: J.C. Hanson ([email protected])