Monte Carlo design studies for a next-generation UHE neutrino observatory located in a large rock salt formation

David Saltzberg; David Z. Besson; Peter W. Gorham; Allen C. Odian; Radovan Milincic; Dawn Williams

doi:10.1117/12.458024

3 March 2003 Monte Carlo Design studies for a next generation UHE neutrino observatory located in a large rock salt formation

David Saltzberg, David Z. Besson, Peter W. Gorham, Allen C. Odian, Radovan Milincic, Dawn Williams

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Proceedings Volume 4858, Particle Astrophysics Instrumentation; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458024
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

Ultra-high Energy cosmic neutrinos will produce a detectable pulse of RF radiation when they interact in solid media. Large rock salt formations, which are highly transparent to RF radiation, may serve as the medium for detectors searching for astrophysical neutrino sources. It is possible to instrument such formations with antennas to produce a detector with tens of cubic kilometers of water-equivalent volume and a large solid angle neutrino acceptance. We review previously reported on the long attenuation length measurements for electric fields in the Hockley salt dome. We consider here several detector geometries and their sensitivities to cosmic neutrino fluxes. We also report on insights yielded by Monte Carlo studies into the scaling laws governing the design of such a detector.

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David Saltzberg, David Z. Besson, Peter W. Gorham, Allen C. Odian, Radovan Milincic, and Dawn Williams "Monte Carlo Design studies for a next generation UHE neutrino observatory located in a large rock salt formation", Proc. SPIE 4858, Particle Astrophysics Instrumentation, (3 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458024

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