2008/11/07 by Justin Vandenbroucke, J. Vandenbroucke · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Acoustics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Attenuation #Coincidence #Computer science #Measure (data warehouse) #Neutrino #Neutrino detector #Neutrino oscillation #Nuclear physics #Optics #Physics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.064
published as Nucl.Instrum.Meth.Suppl.A604:164-170,2009 · 8 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, uses elsart5p.cls, to appear in the proceedings of the Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino detection Activities (ARENA) 2008 conference
arxiv created 2008/11/07 · openalex publication_date 2009/03/23 · arxiv updated 2019/08/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
South Pole ice is predicted to be the best medium for acoustic neutrino detection. Moreover, ice is the only medium in which all three dense-medium detection methods (optical, radio, and acoustic) can be used to monitor the same interaction volume. Events detected in coincidence between two methods allow significant background rejection confidence, which is necessary to study rare GZK neutrinos. In 2007 and 2008 the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) was installed as a research and development project associated with the IceCube experiment. The purpose of SPATS is to measure the acoustic ice properties at the South Pole in order to determine the feasibility of a future large hybrid array. The deployment and performance of SPATS are described, as are first results and work in progress on the sound speed, background noise, and attenuation.