2024/09/11 by Pawan Giri, Giri, Pawan, Ilya Kravchenko +5 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #GNSS positioning and interference #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2409.07634
openalex publication_date 2024/09/11 · openalex created_date 2024/10/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
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. This advanced system will facilitate the creation of sophisticated triggers, including a novel multi-trigger approach, similar to those used in collider experiments. Our approach involves crafting and implementing innovative triggers for ARA's new DAQ, such as identifying double pulses from potential in-ice neutrino interactions, utilizing templates for atmospheric cosmic ray signals, optimizing triggers for astrophysical neutrino sources, correlating special events between ARA and IceCube, and discerning anthropogenic events using directional information. These trigger designs aim to lower thresholds and enhance ARA's detector sensitivity. Overall, this upgrade will not only enhance ARA's capabilities but also contribute to the technological advancements necessary for future experiments of this nature.