THE AMANDA NEUTRINO TELESCOPE

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 3096-3098 ◽  
Author(s):  
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ANDREA SILVESTRI
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
Neutrino Telescope ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
South Pole ◽  
Ultra High Energy ◽  
Neutrino Detector ◽  
High Energy Neutrino ◽  
Diffuse Sources ◽  
Ultra High Energy Neutrinos ◽  
The Antarctic

We present recent results from the Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA), located at the South Pole in Antarctica. AMANDA-II, commissioned in 2000, is a multipurpose high energy neutrino telescope with a broad physics and astrophysics scope. We summarize the results from searches for a variety of sources of ultra-high energy neutrinos: TeV-PeV diffuse sources by measuring either muon tracks or cascades, neutrinos in excess of PeV by searching for muons traveling in the down-going direction and point sources.

RESULTS FROM AMANDA

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (31) ◽  
pp. 2019-2037 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
CHRISTOPHER WIEBUSCH ◽  
J. AHRENS ◽  
X. BAI ◽  
S. W. BARWICK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
Neutrino Telescope ◽  
Detector Array ◽  
South Pole ◽  
Neutrino Detector ◽  
Polar Ice ◽  
High Energy Neutrino ◽  
Icecube Detector ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Methods Of Operation

The Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) is a high-energy neutrino telescope operating at the geographic South Pole. It is a lattice of photo-multiplier tubes buried deep in the polar ice. The primary goal of this detector is to discover astrophysical sources of high energy neutrinos. We describe the detector methods of operation and present results from the AMANDA-B10 prototype. We demonstrate the improved sensitivity of the current AMANDA-II detector. We conclude with an outlook to the envisioned sensitivity of the future IceCube detector.

scholarly journals IceCube: A Kilometer-Scale Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 949-950
Author(s):  
Francis Halzen
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Neutrino Telescope ◽  
South Pole ◽  
Neutrino Detector ◽  
The South ◽  
High Energy Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Telescopes ◽  
Diversity Of Science

AbstractSolving the century-old puzzle of how and where cosmic rays are accelerated mostly drives the design of high-energy neutrino telescopes. It calls, along with a diversity of science goals reaching particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology, for the construction of a kilometer-scale neutrino detector. This led to the IceCube concept to transform a kilometer cube of transparent Antarctic Ice, one mile below the South Pole, into a neutrino telescope.

ULTRA HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINO TELESCOPES

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1914-1924
Author(s):  
PER OLOF HULTH
Keyword(s):  
Lake Baikal ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Atmospheric Neutrinos ◽  
South Pole ◽  
Ultra High Energy ◽  
The South ◽  
High Energy Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Telescopes ◽  
Energy Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Astronomy

The Neutrino Telescopes NT-200 in Lake Baikal, Russia and AMANDA at the South Pole, Antarctica have now opened the field of High Energy Neutrino Astronomy. Several other Neutrino telescopes are in the process of being constructed or very near realization. Several thousands of atmospheric neutrinos have been observed with energies up to several 100 TeV but so far no evidence for extraterrestrial neutrinos has been found.

scholarly journals UPDATED LIMITS ON THE ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY (UHE) NEUTRINO FLUX FROM THE RICE EXPERIMENT

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (supp01) ◽  
pp. 153-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. KRAVCHENKO ◽  
C. COOLEY ◽  
D. SECKEL ◽  
J. ADAMS ◽  
S. CHURCHWELL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Neutrino Flux ◽  
High Energy ◽  
South Pole ◽  
Ultra High Energy ◽  
Dipole Antennas ◽  
Radio Frequency Radiation ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Detector Modeling ◽  
Frequency Radiation

The RICE experiment (Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment) at South Pole consists of an array of dipole antennas designed to detect the coherent radio frequency radiation produced by neutrino-induced showers in the Antarctic ice. We report updated limits on the ultra-high energy neutrino flux, based on RICE data taken between 2000 and 2004. These limits also reflect improvements in Monte Carlo simulations and detector modeling.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF ACOUSTIC SENSORS FOR THE ANTARES EXPERIMENT

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (supp01) ◽  
pp. 92-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. NAUMANN ◽  
G. ANTON ◽  
K. GRAF ◽  
J. HÖSSL ◽  
A. KAPPES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Neutrino Telescope ◽  
Acoustic Sensor ◽  
Acoustic Detection ◽  
Acoustic Sensors ◽  
Ultra High Energy ◽  
Ultra High Energy Neutrinos

In order to study the possibility of acoustic detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos in water, our group is planning to deploy and operate an array of acoustic sensors using the ANTARES Neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, acoustic sensor hardware has to be developed which is both capable of operation under the hostile conditions of the deep sea and at the same time provides the high sensitivity necessary to detect the weak pressure signals resulting from the neutrinos interaction in water. In this paper, two different approaches to building such sensors, as well as performance studies in the laboratory and in situ, are presented.

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