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Towards Determining the energy of the UHECRs observed by the ANITA detector

The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is a balloon-borne radio experiment designed to discover ultra-high energy cosmic neutrinos. The ANITA detector has completed one prototype and two full-scale flights above the Antarctic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Konstantin Belov

Experimental tests of sub-surface reflectors as an explanation for the ANITA anomalous events

The balloon-borne ANITA experiment is designed to detect ultra-high energy neutrinos via radio emissions produced by an in-ice shower. Although initially purposed for interactions within the Antarctic ice sheet, ANITA also demonstrated the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-16 D. Smith , D. Z. Besson , C. Deaconu , S. Prohira , P. Allison , L. Batten , J. J. Beatty , W. R. Binns , V. Bugaev , P. Cao , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , L. Cremonesi , P. Dasgupta , P. W. Gorham , M. H. Israel , T. C. Liu , A. Ludwig , S. Matsuno , C. Miki , J. Nam , A. Novikov , R. J. Nichol , E. Oberla , R. Prechelt , B. F. Rauch , J. Russell , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , S. A. Wissel

Reflections On the Anomalous ANITA Events: The Antarctic Subsurface as a Possible Explanation

The ANITA balloon experiment was designed to detect radio signals initiated by neutrinos and cosmic ray air showers. These signals are typically discriminated by the polarization and phase inversions of the radio signal. The reflected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-22 Ian M. Shoemaker , Alexander Kusenko , Peter Kuipers Munneke , Andrew Romero-Wolf , Dustin M. Schroeder , Martin J. Siegert

Energy and Flux Measurements of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Observed During the First ANITA Flight

The first flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment recorded 16 radio signals that were emitted by cosmic-ray induced air showers. For 14 of these events, this radiation was reflected from the ice. The dominant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-09 H. Schoorlemmer , K. Belov , A. Romero-Wolf , D. García-Fernández , V. Bugaev , S. A. Wissel , P. Allison , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , S. W. Barwick , J. J. Beatty , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , W. R. Carvalho , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , P. F. Dowkontt , M. A. DuVernois , R. C. Field , D. Goldstein , P. W. Gorham , C. Hast , C. L. Heber , T. Huege , S. Hoover , M. H. Israel , A. Javaid , J. Kowalski , J. Lam , J. G. Learned , K. M. Liewer , J. T. Link , E. Lusczek , S. Matsuno , B. C. Mercurio , C. Miki , P. Miočinović , K. Mulrey , J. Nam , C. J. Naudet , J. Ng , R. J. Nichol , K. Palladino , B. F. Rauch , J. Roberts , K. Reil , B. Rotter , M. Rosen , L. Ruckman , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , D. Urdaneta , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , D. Walz , F. Wu , E. Zas

Antarctic Surface Reflectivity Measurements from the ANITA-3 and HiCal-1 Experiments

The primary science goal of the NASA-sponsored ANITA project is measurement of ultra-high energy neutrinos and cosmic rays, observed via radio-frequency signals resulting from a neutrino- or cosmic ray- interaction with terrestrial matter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-22 P. W. Gorham , P. Allison , O. Banerjee , J. J. Beatty , K. Belov , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , V. Bugaev , P. Cao , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , B. Dailey , P. Dasgupta , C. Deaconu , L. Cremonesi , P. F. Dowkontt , B. D. Fox , J. Gordon , B. Hill , R. Hupe , M. H. Israel , P. Jain , J. Kowalski , J. Lam , J. G. Learned , K. M. Liewer , T. C. Liu , S. Matsuno , C. Miki , M. Mottram , K. Mulrey , J. Nam , R. J. Nichol , A. Novikov , E. Oberla , S. Prohira , B. F. Rauch , A. Romero-Wolf , B. Rotter , K. Ratzlaff , J. Russell , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , H. Schoorlemmer , S. Stafford , J. Stockham , M. Stockham , B. Strutt , K. Tatem , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , S. A. Wissel , F. Wu , R. Young

Tuning into UHE Neutrinos in Antarctica - The ANITA Experiment

The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment is being developed to search for ultra-high-energy (UHE) neutrino interactions ($>3\times10^{18}$ eV) in the Antarctic ice cap. A neutrino interaction in the ice will produce a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 P. Miocinovic , S. W. Barwick , J. J. Beatty , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , B. Cai , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , S. Coutu , D. F. Cowen , P. F. Dowkontt , M. A. DuVernois , P. A. Evenson , D. Goldstein , P. W. Gorham , C. L. Hebert , M. H. Israel , J. G. Learned , K. M. Liewer , J. T. Link , S. Matsuno , J. W. Nam , C. J. Naudet , R. Nichol , K. J. Palladino , M. Rosen , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , A. Silvestri , G. S. Varner , D. Williams

Searches for Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos with ANITA

The ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) long-duration balloon experiment flies an interferometric radio array over Antarctica with a primary goal of detecting impulsive Askaryan radio emission from ultra-high-energy neutrinos…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-05 Cosmin Deaconu

The Simulation of the Sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan Radiation from Cosmogenic Neutrinos Interacting in the Antarctic Ice

A Monte Carlo simulation program for the radio detection of Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrino interactions in the Antarctic ice as viewed by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is described in this article. The program, icemc,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 L. Cremonesi , A. Connolly , P. Allison , O. Banerjee , L. Batten , J. J. Beatty , K. Bechtol , K. Belov , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , V. Bugaev , P. Cao , C. C. Chen , C. H. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , B. Dailey , C. Deaconu , P. F. Dowkontt , B. D. Fox , J. W. H. Gordon , P. W. Gorham , B. Hill , J. J. Huang , K. Hughes , R. Hupe , M. H. Israel , K. M. Liewer , S. Y. Lin , T. C. Liu , A. B. Ludwig , L. Macchiarulo , S. Matsuno , K. McBride , C. Miki , K. Mulrey , J. Nam , R. J. Nichol , A. Novikov , E. Oberla , S. Prohira , B. F. Rauch , J. M. Robert , A. Romero-Wolf , B. Rotter , J. W. Russell , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , H. Schoorlemmer , J. Shiao , S. Stafford , J. Stockham , M. Stockham , B. Strutt , J. Stuhr , M. Sutherland , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , S. H. Wang , S. A. Wissel

Recent Results from ANITA

The ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) long-duration balloon payload searches for Askaryan radio emission from ultra-high-energy ($>10^{18}$ eV) neutrinos interacting in Antarctic ice. ANITA is also sensitive to geomagnetic radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-02 Cosmin Deaconu

Constraints on the diffuse high-energy neutrino flux from the third flight of ANITA

The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a NASA long-duration balloon payload, searches for radio emission from interactions of ultra-high-energy neutrinos in polar ice. The third flight of ANITA (ANITA-III) was launched in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-11 P. W. Gorham , P. Allison , O. Banerjee , L. Batten , J. J. Beatty , K. Bechtol , K. Belov , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , V. Bugaev , P. Cao , C. C. Chen , C. H. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , L. Cremonesi , B. Dailey , C. Deaconu , P. F. Dowkontt , B. D. Fox , J. W. H. Gordon , C. Hast , B. Hill , S. Y. Hsu , J. J. Huang , K. Hughes , R. Hupe , M. H. Israel , K. M. Liewer , T. C. Liu , A. B. Ludwig , L. Macchiarulo , S. Matsuno , C. Miki , K. Mulrey , J. Nam , C. Naudet , R. J. Nichol , A. Novikov , E. Oberla , S. Prohira , B. F. Rauch , J. M. Roberts , A. Romero-Wolf , B. Rotter , J. W. Russell , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , H. Schoorlemmer , J. Shiao , S. Stafford , J. Stockham , M. Stockham , B. Strutt , M. S. Sutherland , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , S. H. Wang , S. A. Wissel

Observational Constraints on the Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Neutrino Flux from the Second Flight of the ANITA Experiment

The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) completed its second long-duration balloon flight in January 2009, with 31 days aloft (28.5 live days) over Antarctica. ANITA searches for impulsive coherent radio Cherenkov emission from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-11-30 The ANITA Collaboration , P. W. Gorham , P. Allison , B. M. Baughman , J. J. Beatty , K. Belov , D. Z. Besson , S. Bevan , W. R. Binns , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , M. Detrixhe , D. De Marco , P. F. Dowkontt , M. DuVernois , E. W. Grashorn , B. Hill , S. Hoover , M. Huang , M. H. Israel , A. Javaid , K. M. Liewer , S. Matsuno , B. C. Mercurio , C. Miki , M. Mottram , J. Nam , R. J. Nichol , K. Palladino , A. Romero-Wolf , L. Ruckman , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , Y. Wang

A possible solution to the mystery of the ANITA anomalous events

In 2006 and 2014, the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a balloon-borne radio observatory flying over Antarctica, detected two strange upward-going radio pulse events that have not yet been explained by our current…

General Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Massimo Villata

New Limits on the Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Neutrino Flux from the ANITA Experiment

We report initial results of the first flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA-1) 2006-2007 Long Duration Balloon flight, which searched for evidence of a diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos above energies of 3 EeV. ANITA-1…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-02 ANITA collaboration , P. Gorham , P. Allison , S. Barwick , J. Beatty , D. Besson , W. Binns , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. Clem , A. Connolly , P. Dowkontt , M. DuVernois , R. Field , D. Goldstein , A. Goodhue , C. Hast , C. Hebert , S. Hoover , M. Israel , J. Kowalski , J. Learned , K. Liewer , J. Link , E. Lusczek , S. Matsuno , B. Mercurio , C. Miki , P. Miocinovic , J. Nam , C. Naudet , R. Nichol , K. Palladino , K. Reil , A. Romero-Wolf , M. Rosen , L. Ruckman , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , G. Varner , D. Walz , Y. Wang , F. Wu

On the transition radiation interpretation of anomalous ANITA events

The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) detector has observed several radio pulses coming from the surface of the ice cap at the South Pole. These pulses were attributed to upward-going atmospheric particle showers instead of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-10 Juan Ammerman-Yebra , Jaime Alvarez-Muñiz , Enrique Zas

Characteristics of Four Upward-pointing Cosmic-ray-like Events Observed with ANITA

We report on four radio-detected cosmic-ray (CR) or CR-like events observed with the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a NASA-sponsored long-duration balloon payload. Two of the four were previously identified as stratospheric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 P. W. Gorham , J. Nam , A. Romero-Wolf , S. Hoover , P. Allison , O. Banerjee , J. J. Beatty , K. Belov , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , V. Bugaev , P. Cao , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , B. Dailey , C. Deaconu , L. Cremonesi , P. F. Dowkonnt , M. A. Duvernois , R. C. Field , B. D. Fox , D. Goldstein , J. Gordon , C. Hast , C. L. Hebert , B. Hill , K. Hughes , R. Hupe , M. H. Israel , A. Javaid , J. Kowalski , J. Lam , J. G. Learned , K. M. Liewer , T. C. Liu , J. T. Link , E. Lusczek , S. Matsuno , B. C. Mercurio , C. Miki , P. Miocinovic , M. Mottram , K. Mulrey , C. J. Naudet , J. Ng , R. J. Nichol , K. Palladino , B. F. Rauch , K. Reil , J. Roberts , M. Rosen , B. Rotter , J. Russell , L. Ruckman , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , H. Schoorlemmer , S. Stafford , J. Stockham , M. Stockham , B. Strutt , K. Tatem , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , D. Walz , S. A. Wissel , F. Wu

Antarctic Surface Reflectivity Calculations and Measurements from the ANITA-4 and HiCal-2 Experiments

The balloon-borne HiCal radio-frequency (RF) transmitter, in concert with the ANITA radio-frequency receiver array, is designed to measure the Antarctic surface reflectivity in the RF wavelength regime. The amplitude of surface-reflected…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 S. Prohira , A. Novikov , P. Dasgupta , P. Jain , S. Nande , P. Allison , O. Banerjee , L. Batten , J. J. Beatty , K. Belov , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , V. Bugaev , P. Cao , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , L. Cremonesi , B. Dailey , C. Deaconu , P. F. Dowkontt , B. D. Fox , J. Gordon , P. W. Gorham , C. Hast , B. Hill , R. Hupe , M. H. Israel , J. Lam , T. C. Liu , A. Ludwig , S. Matsuno , C. Miki , M. Mottram , K. Mulrey , J. Nam , R. J. Nichol , E. Oberla , K. Ratzlaff , B. F. Rauch , A. Romero-Wolf , B. Rotter , J. Russell , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , H. Schoorlemmer , S. Stafford , J. Stockham , M. Stockham , B. Strutt , K. Tatem , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , S. A. Wissel , F. Wu , R. Young

ARIANNA: Measurement of cosmic rays with a radio neutrino detector in Antarctica

The ARIANNA detector aims to detect neutrinos with energies above \SI{e16}{eV} by instrumenting 0.5 Teratons of ice with a surface array of a thousand independent radio detector stations in Antarctica. The Antarctic ice is transparent to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 Christian Glaser

Observation of an Unusual Upward-going Cosmic-ray-like Event in the Third Flight of ANITA

We report on an upward traveling, radio-detected cosmic-ray-like impulsive event with characteristics closely matching an extensive air shower. This event, observed in the third flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-24 P. W. Gorham , B. Rotter , P. Allison , O. Banerjee , L. Batten , J. J. Beatty , K. Bechtol , K. Belov , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , V. Bugaev , P. Cao , C. C. Chen , C. H. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , L. Cremonesi , B. Dailey , C. Deaconu , P. F. Dowkontt , B. D. Fox , J. W. H. Gordon , C. Hast , B. Hill , K. Hughes , J. J. Huang , R. Hupe , M. H. Israel , A. Javaid , J. Lam , K. M. Liewer , S. Y. Lin , T. C. Liu , A. Ludwig , L. Macchiarulo , S. Matsuno , C. Miki , K. Mulrey , J. Nam , C. J. Naudet , R. J. Nichol , A. Novikov , E. Oberla , M. Olmedo , R. Prechelt , S. Prohira , B. F. Rauch , J. M. Roberts , A. Romero-Wolf , J. W. Russell , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , H. Schoorlemmer , J. Shiao , S. Stafford , J. Stockham , M. Stockham , B. Strutt , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , S. H. Wang , S. A. Wissel

Constraints on Cosmic Neutrino Fluxes from the ANITA Experiment

We report new limits on cosmic neutrino fluxes from the test flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, which completed an 18.4 day flight of a prototype long-duration balloon payload, called ANITA-lite, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 ANITA collaboration , S. W. Barwick , J. J. Beatty , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , B. Cai , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , D. F. Cowen , P. F. Dowkontt , M. A. DuVernois , P. A. Evenson , D. Goldstein , P. W. Gorham , C. L. Hebert , M. H. Israel , J. G. Learned , K. M. Liewer , J. T. Link , S. Matsuno , P. Miocinovic , J. Nam , C. J. Naudet , R. Nichol , K. Palladino , M. Rosen , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , A. Silvestri , B. T. Stokes , G. S. Varner , F. Wu

The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna Ultra-high Energy Neutrino Detector Design, Performance, and Sensitivity for 2006-2007 Balloon Flight

We present a detailed report on the experimental details of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) long duration balloon payload, including the design philosophy and realization, physics simulations, performance of the instrument…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 ANITA collaboration , P. Gorham , P. Allison , S. Barwick , J. Beatty , D. Besson , W. Binns , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. Clem , A. Connolly , P. Dowkontt , M. DuVernois , R. Field , D. Goldstein , A. Goodhue , C. Hast , C. Hebert , S. Hoover , M. Israel , J. Kowalski , J. Learned , K. Liewer , J. Link , E. Lusczek , S. Matsuno , B. Mercurio , C. Miki , P. Miocinovic , J. Nam , C. Naudet , R. Nichol , K. Palladino , K. Reil , A. Romero-Wolf , M. Rosen , L. Ruckman , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , G. Varner , D. Walz , Y. Wang , F. Wu