Radio emission from airplanes as observed with RNO-G

2025/06/21 by G Collaboration, Agarwal, S., Aguilar, J. A. +79 · 2 citations
#FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2506.17522

Abstract

This paper describes how intentional and unintentional radio emission from airplanes is recorded with the Radio Neutrino Observatory Greenland (RNO-G). We characterize the received signals and define a procedure to extract a clean set of impulsive signals. These signals are highly suitable for instrument calibration, also for future experiments. A set of signals is used to probe the timing precision of RNO-G in-situ, which is found to match expectations. We also discuss the impact of these signals on the ability to detect neutrinos with RNO-G.

Citations

• Measuring the locations and properties of VHF sources emitted from an aircraft flying through high clouds
• Instrument design and performance of the first seven stations of RNO-G
• Radiofrequency Ice Dielectric Measurements at Summit Station, Greenland

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• Validating the performance of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland using cosmic-ray air showers
• Measuring the locations and properties of VHF sources emitted from an aircraft flying through high clouds

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