Updates on IceCube's Radio Frequency extension

ORAL

Abstract

A variety of radio frequency (RF) detectors were deployed in the Antarctic ice as an enhancement to the optically-based IceCube Neutrino Observatory, and as a step towards a large-scale high-energy neutrino detector. This RF addition includes a set of 5 deep-deployed (300m-1400m) digitizing detectors, a shallow array ($\sim$35m) of transient detectors and a set of transmitters. All Are sensitive to frequencies between 200Mhz to 1GHz. We will review the hardware deployed, and present studies preformed with it including ice characteristics (attenuation and index of refraction), environmental noise and event reconstruction.

Authors

  • Hagar Landsman

    University of Wisconsin, Madison