Observations of the Askaryan Effect in Ice

Abstract

References (20)

Citing Articles

Download: PDF (1641 kB) or Buy this Article (US$25) (Use Article Pack)

P. W. Gorham,¹ S. W. Barwick,² J. J. Beatty,³ D. Z. Besson,⁴ W. R. Binns,⁵ C. Chen,⁶ P. Chen,⁶ J. M. Clem,⁷ A. Connolly,⁸ P. F. Dowkontt,⁵ M. A. DuVernois,⁹ R. C. Field,⁶ D. Goldstein,² A. Goodhue,⁸ C. Hast,⁶ C. L. Hebert,¹ S. Hoover,⁸ M. H. Israel,⁵ J. Kowalski,¹ J. G. Learned,¹ K. M. Liewer,¹⁰ J. T. Link,^1,11 E. Lusczek,⁹ S. Matsuno,¹ B. Mercurio,³ C. Miki,¹ P. Miočinović,¹ J. Nam,² C. J. Naudet,¹⁰ J. Ng,⁶ R. Nichol,³ K. Palladino,³ K. Reil,⁶ A. Romero-Wolf,¹ M. Rosen,¹ L. Ruckman,¹ D. Saltzberg,⁸ D. Seckel,⁷ G. S. Varner,¹ D. Walz,⁶ and F. Wu²

(ANITA Collaboration)

¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
²University of California, Irvine California 92697, USA
³Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
⁴Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
⁵Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
⁶Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
⁷University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
⁸Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
⁹School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
¹⁰Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
¹¹Currently at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA

Received 13 December 2006; revised 15 June 2007; published 25 October 2007

Wereport on observations of coherent, impulsive radio Cherenkov radiation fromelectromagnetic showers in solid ice. This is the first observationof the Askaryan effect in ice. As part of thecomplete validation process for the ANITA experiment, we performed anexperiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in June 2006using a 7.5 metric ton ice target. We measure for thefirst time the large-scale angular dependence of the radiation pattern,a major factor in determining the solid-angle acceptance of ultrahigh-energyneutrino detectors.

URL:	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.171101
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.171101
PACS:	95.55.Vj; 29.40.Ka; 98.70.Sa 95.55.Vj Neutrino, muon, pion, and other elementary particle detectors; cosmic ray detectors 29.40.Ka Cherenkov detectors 98.70.Sa Cosmic rays including sources, origin, acceleration, and interactions YEAR: 2007
KEYWORDS:	Cherenkov radiation, cosmic ray interactions, ice, neutrino detection

REFERENCES (20)

View in Separate Window/Tab

For access to fully linked references, you need to log in. For access to fully linked references, you need to Log in.

R. Engel, D. Seckel, and T. Stanev, Phys. Rev. D 64, 093010 (2001).
D. Saltzberg, P. Gorham, and D. Walz et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2802 (2001).
P. W. Gorham, D. P. Saltzberg, and P. Schoessow et al., Phys. Rev. E 62, 8590 (2000).
Y. Shibata et al., Phys. Rev. A 44, R3449 (1991).
N. Lehtinen, P. Gorham, A. Jacobson, and R. Roussel-Dupré, Phys. Rev. D 69, 013008 (2004);
E. Zas, F. Halzen, and T. Stanev, Phys. Rev. D 45, 362 (1992);
G. A. Gusev and I. M. Zheleznykh, Sov. Phys. Usp. 27, 550 (1984).
P. W. Gorham, C. L. Hebert, K. M. Liewer, C. J. Naudet, D. Saltzberg, and D. Williams, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 041101 (2004).
P. W. Gorham, D. Saltzberg, and R. C. Field et al., Phys. Rev. D 72, 023002 (2005).
P. Miočinović, R. C. Field, and P. W. Gorham et al., Phys. Rev. D 74, 043002 (2006).
S. W. Barwick et al. (The ANITA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 171101 (2006).