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Trigger system for the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) balloon-borne neutrino detector
Q. Abarr, J. Alfaro, P. Allison +67
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA balloon-borne instrument for the detection of ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrinos with energies above $10^{17.5}~\textr…
Sensitivity of the As-Built Askaryan Radio Array to Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos
ARA Collaboration, N. Alden, S. Ali +71
The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is an ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrino observatory designed to detect the impulsive radio waves produced by relativistic particle cascades in the Ant…
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…
Physical properties and electronic structure of the two-gap superconductor VGa
P. -Y. Cheng, Mohamed Oudah, T. -L. Hung +16
We present a thorough investigation of the physical properties and superconductivity of the binary intermetallic V2Ga5. Electrical resistivity and specific heat measurements show t…
Benefits of Looking for Coincident Events, Taus, and Muons with the Askaryan Radio Array
Abby Bishop, Austin Cummings, Ryan Krebs +1
Ultra-High Energy (UHE) neutrinos over eV have yet to be observed but the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is one in-ice neutrino observatory attempting to make this discovery.…
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…
A low-threshold ultrahigh-energy neutrino search with the Askaryan Radio Array
P. Allison, S. Archambault, J. J. Beatty +77
In the pursuit of the measurement of the still-elusive ultrahigh-energy (UHE) neutrino flux at energies of order EeV, detectors using the in-ice Askaryan radio technique have incre…
Analysis of a Tau Neutrino Origin for the Near-Horizon Air Shower Events Observed by the Fourth Flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA)
R. Prechelt, S. A. Wissel, A. Romero-Wolf +65
We study in detail the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to possible point source fluxes detected via -lepton-induced air showers. This inve…
The SLAC T-510 experiment for radio emission from particle showers: detailed simulation study and interpretation
K. Bechtol, K. Belov, K. Borch +26
Over the last several decades, radio detection of air showers has been widely used to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. We developed an experiment under controlled laboratory c…
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…
Experimental tests of sub-surface reflectors as an explanation for the ANITA anomalous events
D. Smith, D. Z. Besson, C. Deaconu +31
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…
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…
Dynamic tunable notch filters for the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA)
P. Allison, O. Banerjee, J. J. Beatty +56
The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is a NASA long-duration balloon experiment with the primary goal of detecting ultra-high-energy ($>10^{18}\,\mbox{eV}$) neutrinos…
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…
Characteristics of Four Upward-pointing Cosmic-ray-like Events Observed with ANITA
P. W. Gorham, J. Nam, A. Romero-Wolf +66
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.…
Performance of two Askaryan Radio Array stations and first results in the search for ultra-high energy neutrinos
ARA Collaboration, P. Allison, R. Bard +64
Ultra-high energy neutrinos are interesting messenger particles since, if detected, they can transmit exclusive information about ultra-high energy processes in the Universe. These…
Accelerator measurements of magnetically-induced radio emission from particle cascades with applications to cosmic-ray air showers
K. Belov, K. Mulrey, A. Romero-Wolf +25
For fifty years, cosmic-ray air showers have been detected by their radio emission. We present the first laboratory measurements that validate electrodynamics simulations used in a…
Constraints on the Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Flux from Gamma-Ray Bursts from a Prototype Station of the Askaryan Radio Array
P. Allison, J. Auffenberg, R. Bard +49
We report on a search for ultra-high-energy (UHE) neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the data set collected by the Testbed station of the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) in 2011…
First Constraints on the Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Flux from a Prototype Station of the Askaryan Radio Array
ARA Collaboration, P. Allison, J. Auffenberg +48
The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is an ultra-high energy ( eV) cosmic neutrino detector in phased construction near the South Pole. ARA searches for radio Cherenkov emissio…
A next generation Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO-100) for IR/optical observations of the rise phase of gamma-ray bursts
B. Grossan, I. H. Park, S. Ahmad +39
The Swift Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) observatory responds to GRB triggers with optical observations in ~ 100 s, but cannot respond faster than ~ 60 s. While some ground-based telescopes…
Design and Fabrication of Detector Module for UFFO Burst Alert & Trigger Telescope
A. Jung, S. Ahmad, K. -B. Ahn +39
The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO) pathfinder is a space mission devoted to the measurement of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), especially their early light curves which will give cru…
The UFFO (Ultra Fast Flash Observatory) Pathfinder: Science and Mission
P. Chen, S. Ahmad, K. Ahn +39
Hundreds of gamma-ray burst (GRB) optical light curves have been measured since the discovery of optical afterglows. However, even after nearly 7 years of operation of the Swift Ob…
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…