Performance of the Horizontally Polarized Antennas Used in the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland

Hendricks B, Aguilar JA, Allison P, Besson D, Bishop A, Botner O, Bouma S, Buitink S, Castiglioni W, Cataldo M, Clark BA, Coleman A, Couberly K, Dasgupta P, de Kockere S, de Vries KD, Deaconu C, DuVernois MA, Eimer A, Glaser C, Glüsenkamp T, Hallgren A, Hallmann S, Hanson JC, Henrichs J, Heyer N, Hornhuber C, Hughes K, Karg T, Karle A, Kelley JL, Korntheuer M, Kowalski M, Kravchenko I, Krebs R, Lahmann R, Lehmann P, Latif U, Laub P, Liu CH, Mammo J, Marsee MJ, Meyers Z, Mikhailova M, Michaels K, Mulrey K, Muzio M, Nelles A, Novikov A, Nozdrina A, Oberla E, Oeyen B, Plaisier I, Punsuebsay N, Pyras LM, Ryckbosch D, Schlüter F, Scholten O, Seckel D, Seikh MF, Smith D, Stoffels J, Southall D, Terveer K, Toscano S, Tosi D, Van Den Broeck DJ, van Eijndhoven N, Vieregg AG, Vischer J, Welling C, Williams DR, Wissel S, Young R, Zink A (2024)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2024

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Series: Proceedings of Science

Book Volume: 444

Pages Range: 1133

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2023)

Event location: Nagoya

DOI: 10.22323/1.444.1133

Abstract

Radio detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos via the Askaryan effect has enabled a new generation of immense, cost-effective neutrino detectors due to the long attenuation lengths of radio signals in dense dielectric media. The Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) is one such detector with a unique view of the northern hemisphere; it is being built at the top of Greenland’s ice cap to take advantage of the low noise environment and large detection volume available in the pure ice. It currently has 7 fully operational independent autonomous stations spaced roughly 1 km apart and once completed will comprise 35 stations. Each station contains both a shallow component with broadband, high-gain antennas and an in-ice component with three strings of broadband, omnidirectional horizontally and vertically polarized antennas. Both polarization modes are needed to reconstruct the arrival direction of detected neutrinos. Here we discuss the design, simulation, validation, production, deployment, and performance of RNO-G’s horizontally polarized antennas.

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University of Chicago United States (USA) (US) University of Nebraska-Lincoln United States (USA) (US) University of Delaware (UDEL) United States (USA) (US) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Belgium (BE) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany (DE) Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) United States (USA) (US) Uppsala University Sweden (SE) University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) United States (USA) (US) Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) / Free University of Brussels Belgium (BE) The University of Alabama United States (USA) (US) Ohio State University United States (USA) (US) University of Kansas (KU) United States (USA) (US) Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands (NL) University of Wisconsin - Madison United States (USA) (US) Universiteit Gent (UGent) / Ghent University Belgium (BE) Whittier College United States (USA) (US)

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APA:

Hendricks, B., Aguilar, J.A., Allison, P., Besson, D., Bishop, A., Botner, O.,... Zink, A. (2024). Performance of the Horizontally Polarized Antennas Used in the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland. In Proceedings of 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2023) (pp. 1133). Nagoya, JP: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Hendricks, Bryan, et al. "Performance of the Horizontally Polarized Antennas Used in the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland." Proceedings of the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023, Nagoya Sissa Medialab Srl, 2024. 1133.

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