2009/03/10 by S. Bevan, A. M. Brown, A. Brown +11
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.009
published as Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A607:398-411,2009 · 21 pages and 13 figures
arxiv created 2009/03/10 · openalex publication_date 2009/05/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The production of acoustic signals from the interactions of ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmic ray neutrinos in water and ice has been studied. A new computationally fast and efficient method of deriving the signal is presented. This method allows the implementation of up to date parameterisations of acoustic attenuation in sea water and ice that now includes the effects of complex attenuation, where appropriate. The methods presented here have been used to compute and study the properties of the acoustic signals which would be expected from such interactions. A matrix method of parameterising the signals, which includes the expected fluctuations, is also presented. These methods are used to generate the expected signals that would be detected in acoustic UHE neutrino telescopes.