English
Related papers

Related papers: The lunar Askaryan technique: a technical roadmap

200 papers

The most sensitive method for detecting neutrinos at the very highest energies is the lunar Cherenkov technique, which employs the Moon as a target volume, using conventional radio telescopes to monitor it for nanosecond-scale pulses of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 J. D. Bray , R. D. Ekers , C. W. James , P. Roberts , A. Brown , C. J. Phillips , R. J. Protheroe , J. E. Reynolds , R. A. McFadden , M. Aartsen

We report a limit on the ultra-high-energy neutrino flux based on a non-detection of radio pulses from neutrino-initiated particle cascades in the Moon, in observations with the Parkes radio telescope undertaken as part of the LUNASKA…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 J. D. Bray , R. D. Ekers , P. Roberts , J. E. Reynolds , C. W. James , C. J. Phillips , R. J. Protheroe , R. A. McFadden , M. G. Aartsen

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be sensitive enough to discover all of the pulsars in the Milky Way that are beamed towards Earth. Already in the initial deployment, SKA Phase 1, it will make significant advances in pulsar science. In…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 E. F. Keane

We present results of the simulation of the intensity distribution of radio pulses from the Moon due to interaction of EeV neutrinos with lunar regolith. The radiation mechanism is of coherent \^Cerenkov radiation of the negative charge…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. R. Beresnyak

The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is an ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrino telescope at the South Pole consisting of an array of radio antennas aimed at detecting the Askaryan radiation produced by neutrino interactions in the ice. Currently,…

We report on studies of the viability and sensitivity of the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA), a new initiative to develop a Teraton-scale ultra-high energy neutrino detector in deep, radio-transparent ice near Amundsen-Scott station at the South…

The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is an ultra-high energy ($>10^{17}$ eV) cosmic neutrino detector in phased construction near the South Pole. ARA searches for radio Cherenkov emission from particle cascades induced by neutrino interactions in…

UHE particle detection using the lunar Cherenkov technique aims to detect nanosecond pulses of Cherenkov emission which are produced during UHE cosmic ray and neutrino interactions in the Moon's regolith. These pulses will reach Earth-based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 R. McFadden , R. Ekers , P. Roberts

We explore the feasibility of using the Moon as a detector of extremely high energy (>10^19 eV) cosmic rays and neutrinos. The idea is to use the existing radiotelescopes on Earth to look for short pulses of Cherenkov radiation in the GHz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 J. Alvarez-Muñiz , E. Zas

The in-ice radio interferometric phased array technique for detection of high energy neutrinos looks for Askaryan emission from neutrinos interacting in large volumes of glacial ice, and is being developed as a way to achieve a low energy…

The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is an ultrahigh energy (UHE) neutrino detector at the South Pole, designed to search for radio pulses emitted by neutrino-initiated particle showers in ice. ARA consists of an array of five autonomous stations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-23 Marco Stein Muzio

This contribution describes the experimental set-up implemented by the LUNASKA project at the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to enable the radio-telescope to be used to search for pulses of coherent Cherenkov radiation from UHE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-27 C. W. James , R. D. Ekers , C. J. Philips , R. J. Protheroe , P. Roberts , R. A. Robinson , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , J. D. Bray

The LUNASKA (Lunar UHE Neutrino Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array) project is a theoretical and experimental project developing the lunar Cherenkov technique for the next generation of giant radio-telescope arrays. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 C. W. James , R. J. Protheroe

The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is an in-ice ultrahigh energy (UHE, $>10$ PeV) neutrino experiment at the South Pole that aims to detect radio emissions from neutrino-induced particle cascades. ARA has five independent stations which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-24 Paramita Dasgupta , Marco Stein Muzio

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned multi purpose radio telescope with a collecting area approaching 1 million square metres. One of the key science objectives of the SKA is to provide exquisite strong-field tests of gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 R. Smits , M. Kramer , B. Stappers , D. R. Lorimer , J. Cordes , A. Faulkner

The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) experiment aims to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrinos (>10 PeV) using radio detection techniques. To enhance ARA's capabilities, a new RFSoC-based DAQ, ARA-Next, is in the early stages of development.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-13 Pawan Giri , Ilya Kravchenko , Patrick Allison , Amy L. Connolly

The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is an in-ice ultra high energy (UHE, $>10$ PeV) neutrino experiment at the South Pole that aims to detect UHE neutrino-induced radio emission in ice. ARA consists of five independent stations each consisting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-01 Paramita Dasgupta

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) provides an excellent opportunity for low cost searches for fast radio transients. The increased sensitivity and field of view of the SKA compared with other radio telescopes will make it an ideal instrument…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 T. M. Colegate , N. Clarke