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The LED calibration systems for the mDOM and D-Egg sensor modules of the IceCube Upgrade
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +432
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, instrumenting about 1 km of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole, is due to be enhanced with the IceCube Upgrade. The IceCube Upgrad…
Modeling the refractive index profile n(z) of polar ice for ultra-high energy neutrino experiments
S. Ali, P. Allison, S. Archambault +67
We have developed an in-situ index of refraction profile n(z) for cold polar ice, using the transit times of radio signals broadcast from an englacial transmitter to 2-5 km distant…
Acceptance Tests of more than 10 000 Photomultiplier Tubes for the multi-PMT Digital Optical Modules of the IceCube Upgrade
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +420
More than 10,000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) with a diameter of 80 mm will be installed in multi-PMT Digital Optical Modules (mDOMs) of the IceCube Upgrade. These have been tested…
Status and plans for the instrumentation of the IceCube Surface Array Enhancement
S. Shefali, Frank G. Schroeder
The surface array of IceCube, IceTop, operates primarily as a cosmic-ray detector, as well as a veto for astrophysical neutrino searches for the IceCube in-ice instrumentation. How…
Mechanical design of the optical modules intended for IceCube-Gen2
Yuya Makino
IceCube-Gen2 is an expansion of the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole that aims to increase the sensitivity to high-energy neutrinos by an order of magnitude. To this…
Calibration and Physics with ARA Station 1: A Unique Askaryan Radio Array Detector
M. F. H Seikh, D. Z. Besson, S. Ali +70
The Askaryan Radio Array Station 1 (A1), the first among five autonomous stations deployed for the ARA experiment at the South Pole, is a unique ultra-high energy neutrino (UHEN) d…
Electronics Design of the IceCube-Gen2 Optical Module Prototype
Sean Griffin
IceCube-Gen2 is a planned extension to the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory and will provide an order of magnitude increase in the detection rate of cosmic neutrinos by deploy…
Performance studies on new 4" photomultiplier types intended for IceCube-Gen2 optical modules
Markus Dittmer, Alexander Kappes
In the upcoming IceCube-Gen2 extension, the newly developed optical modules will include 4-inch PMTs. For this purpose, the manufacturers Hamamatsu and North Night Vision Technolog…
Precision measurement of the index of refraction of deep glacial ice at radio frequencies at Summit Station, Greenland
J. A. Aguilar, P. Allison, D. Besson +71
Glacial ice is used as a target material for the detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos, by measuring the radio signals that are emitted when those neutrinos interact in the ice.…
In situ, broadband measurement of the radio frequency attenuation length at Summit Station, Greenland
J. A. Aguilar, P. Allison, J. J. Beatty +58
Over the last 25 years, radiowave detection of neutrino-generated signals, using cold polar ice as the neutrino target, has emerged as perhaps the most promising technique for dete…
Triboelectric Backgrounds to radio-based UHE Neutrino Exeperiments
J. A. Aguilar, A. Anker, P. Allison +114
The proposed IceCube-Gen2 (ICG2) seeks to instrument ~500 sq. km of Antarctic ice near the geographic South Pole with radio antennas, in order to observe the highest energy (E>1 Ee…
Design and Sensitivity of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G)
J. A. Aguilar, P. Allison, J. J. Beatty +52
This article presents the design of the Radio Neutrino Observatory Greenland (RNO-G) and discusses its scientific prospects. Using an array of radio sensors, RNO-G seeks to measure…
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO): A White Paper
Q. Abarr, P. Allison, J. Ammerman Yebra +47
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) long-duration balloon experiment is designed to have world-leading sensitivity to ultrahigh-energy neutrinos at energies above…
Long-baseline horizontal radio-frequency transmission through polar ice
P. Allison, S. Archambault, J. J. Beatty +63
We report on analysis of englacial radio-frequency (RF) pulser data received over horizontal baselines of 1--5 km, based on broadcasts from two sets of transmitters deployed to dep…
Design and Performance of an Interferometric Trigger Array for Radio Detection of High-Energy Neutrinos
P. Allison, S. Archambault, R. Bard +69
Ultra-high energy neutrinos are detectable through impulsive radio signals generated through interactions in dense media, such as ice. Subsurface in-ice radio arrays are a promisin…
Antarctic Surface Reflectivity Calculations and Measurements from the ANITA-4 and HiCal-2 Experiments
S. Prohira, A. Novikov, P. Dasgupta +54
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…
Measurement of the real dielectric permittivity epsilon_r of glacial ice
P. Allison, S. Archambault, J. Auffenberg +66
Using data collected by the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) experiment at the South Pole, we have used long-baseline propagation of radio-frequency signals to extract information on the…
Implementation of a custom time-domain firmware trigger for RADAR-based cosmic ray detection
S Prohira, D Besson, S Kunwar +2
Interest in Radio-based detection schemes for ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) has surged in recent years, owing to the potentially very low cost/detection ratio. The method o…
Antarctic Surface Reflectivity Measurements from the ANITA-3 and HiCal-1 Experiments
P. W. Gorham, P. Allison, O. Banerjee +53
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 ne…
Design, Construction and Operation of a Low-Power, Autonomous Radio-Frequency Data-Acquisition Station for the TARA Experiment
S. Kunwar, R. Abbasi, C. Allen +19
Employing a 40-kW radio-frequency transmitter just west of Delta, UT, and operating at 54.1 MHz, the TARA (Telescope Array RAdar) experiment seeks radar detection of extensive air…
Design and Performance of the ARIANNA Hexagonal Radio Array Systems
S. W. Barwick, E. C. Berg, D. Z. Besson +16
We report on the development, installation and operation of the first three of seven stations deployed at the ARIANNA site's pilot Hexagonal Radio Array in Antarctica. The primary…
Time Domain Response of the ARIANNA Detector
S. W. Barwick, E. C. Berg, D. Z. Besson +12
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 int…
Design and Initial Performance of the Askaryan Radio Array Prototype EeV Neutrino Detector at the South Pole
P. Allison, J. Auffenberg, R. Bard +45
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, ra…