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30th International Cosmic Ray Conference

3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
Mexico/General timezone
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Contribution Oral

Merida, Mexico - Kabah (Holiday Inn)
HE.2.3
HE 2.3

ANITA: First Flight Overview and Detector Performance

Speakers

  • Kimberly J. PALLADINO

Primary authors

Co-authors

  • S.W BARWICK (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Irvine CA 92697)
  • M.A. DUVERNOIS (Dept. of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455)
  • R.C. FIELD (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025)
  • D.J. GOLDSTEIN (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Irvine CA 92697)
  • P.W. GORHAM (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • A. GOODHUE (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Los Angeles, CA 90095)
  • C. HAST (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025)
  • C.L. HEBERT (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • S. HOOVER (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Los Angeles, CA 90095)
  • M.H. ISRAEL (Dept. of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130)
  • J. KOWALSKI (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • J.B. BEATTY (Dept. of Physics, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210)
  • J.G. LEARNED (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • K.M. LIEWER (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109)
  • J.T. LINK (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822, Currently at NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD 20771)
  • E. LUSCZEK (Dept. of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455)
  • S. MATSUNO (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • B. MERCURIO (Dept. of Physics, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210)
  • C. MIKI (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • P. MIOCINOVIC (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • J. NAM (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Irvince CA 92697)
  • C.J. NAUDET (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109)
  • D.Z. BESSON (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045)
  • J. NG (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025)
  • R. NICHOL (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT)
  • K. REIL (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025)
  • A. ROMERO-WOLFE (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • M. ROSEN (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • D. SALTZBERG (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Los Angeles, CA 90095)
  • D. SECKEL (Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716)
  • G.S. VARNER (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii - Manoa, HI 96822)
  • D. WALZ (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025)
  • F. WU (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Irvine CA 92697)
  • W.R. BINNS (Dept. of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130)
  • C. CHEN (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025)
  • P. CHEN (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025)
  • J.M. CLEM (Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716)
  • A. CONNOLLY (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Los Angeles, CA 90095)
  • P.W. DOWKONTT (Dept. of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130)

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Abstract content

The ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) searches for ultra high energy neutrinos interacting in the antarctic ice cap. It is a long duration balloon experiment composed of an array of broadband dual-polarized horn antennas that had its first science flight over Antarctica in December 2006 through January 2007. ANITA relies upon the Askaryan effect, in which a particle shower in a dense medium emits coherent Cherenkov radiation at radio wavelengths, for the detection of a neutrino induced shower. ANITA is designed to detect or constrain flux models of ultra high energy neutrinos created by the interaction of ultra high energy cosmic rays with the cosmic microwave background. In this paper we discuss the detector performance during the first ANITA flight and look specifically to the RF sensitivity and the angular resolution of the instrument.

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Reference

Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 5 (HE part 2), pages 1441-1444