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Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna

January 01, 1970

The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment has been designed to study ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic neutrinos by detecting the radio pulses emitted by their interactions with the Antarctic ice sheet. This is to be accomplished using an array of radio antennas suspended from a helium balloon flying at a height of about 37,000 meters.[1]

The ANITA-IV experiment in Antarctica, prior to being launched on a balloon.

The neutrinos, with energies on the order of 1018 eV, produce radio pulses in the ice because of the Askaryan effect. It is thought that these high-energy cosmic neutrinos result from interaction of ultra-high-energy (1020 eV) cosmic rays with the photons of the cosmic microwave background radiation. It is thus hoped that the ANITA experiment can help to explain the origin of these cosmic rays.[2]

Experimental time frame edit

ANITA-I launched from McMurdo, Antarctica in the summer of 2006–07. The array should travel around the continent with the circumpolar winds for approximately a month before being recovered by the CSBF. Each successive mission (if funded) would be at two-year intervals. ANITA-II, a modified instrument with 40 antennas, launched from McMurdo Station in the summer of 2008–2009. ANITA-III, expected to improve sensitivity by a factor of 5–10, launched in December 2014.

ANITA-IV launched in December 2016,[3] with a lighter overall build, tunable notch filters and an improved trigger system.

Funding edit

ANITA is a collaboration of multiple universities, led by UH Manoa[4] and funded through grants by NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy.[5]

Results edit

ANITA flew four times between 2006 and 2016 and set the most competitive limits on the ultrahigh-energy diffuse neutrino flux above several tens of exa-electronvolt (EeV). In addition to its constraints on the diffuse neutrino flux, each ANITA flight has observed dozens of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays via the geomagnetic radio emission from cosmic-ray-induced extensive air showers which ANITA typically observes in reflection off the surface of the ice.[6][7]

ANITA-I and ANITA-III also each detected anomalous radio signatures that were observationally consistent with upcoming extensive air showers emerging from the surface. Upcoming extensive air showers are predicted to be created by the decay of upcoming tau leptons generated via incident tau neutrinos during their propagation through the Earth.[8] However, the angles at which these events were observed are in tension with Standard Model neutrino properties as the Earth should strongly attenuate the neutrino flux at these steep emergence angles.[9][10] A follow-up study by the IceCube experiment, which searches for neutrinos with significantly less energy than ANITA, could not detect any significant source of neutrinos from the location of these events.[11] As of 2016, these events remain unexplained.

The fourth flight of ANITA, ANITA-IV, also detected four events that were observationally consistent with upcoming tau-induced extensive air showers.[12] Unlike the events from ANITA-I and ANITA-III that were observed at steep angles below the horizon, the ANITA-IV events were observed very close to the horizon where tau-induced events are most likely to occur.[12]

Collaborators edit

The current ANITA collaboration team includes members from the University of Hawaii at Manoa; University of California, Los Angeles; Ohio State University; The University of Delaware; The University of Kansas; Washington University in St. Louis; the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; University College London; University of Chicago; National Taiwan University; and the California Polytechnic State University.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2005-12-14.
  2. ^ "High flyer listens for cosmic pings". New Scientist. 23 December 2006.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  4. ^ "ANITA III launched over Antarctica | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  5. ^ "Collaboration | ANITA". Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  6. ^ Schoorlemmer, H.; Belov, K.; Romero-Wolf, A.; García-Fernández, D.; Bugaev, V.; Wissel, S.A.; Allison, P.; Alvarez-Muñiz, J.; Barwick, S.W.; Beatty, J.J.; Besson, D.Z. (April 2016). "Energy and flux measurements of ultra-high energy cosmic rays observed during the first ANITA flight". Astroparticle Physics. 77: 32–43. arXiv:1506.05396. Bibcode:2016APh....77...32S. doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.01.001. S2CID 34613649.
  7. ^ Gorham, P. W.; Ludwig, A.; Deaconu, C.; Cao, P.; Allison, P.; Banerjee, O.; Batten, L.; Bhattacharya, D.; Beatty, J. J.; Belov, K.; Binns, W. R. (2021-02-19). "Unusual Near-Horizon Cosmic-Ray-like Events Observed by ANITA-IV". Physical Review Letters. 126 (7): 071103. arXiv:2008.05690. Bibcode:2021PhRvL.126g1103G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.071103. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 33666466. S2CID 227141510.
  8. ^ Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime; Carvalho, Washington R.; Payet, Kévin; Romero-Wolf, Andrés; Schoorlemmer, Harm; Zas, Enrique (2018-01-26). "Comprehensive approach to tau-lepton production by high-energy tau neutrinos propagating through the Earth". Physical Review D. 97 (2): 023021. arXiv:1707.00334. Bibcode:2018PhRvD..97b3021A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.023021. ISSN 2470-0010. S2CID 102491527.
  9. ^ Cho, Adrian (2018-09-27). "Oddball particles tunneling through Earth could point to new physics". Science. doi:10.1126/science.aav5588. S2CID 126199611.
  10. ^ Gorham, P. W.; Rotter, B.; Allison, P.; Banerjee, O.; Batten, L.; Beatty, J. J.; Bechtol, K.; Belov, K.; Besson, D. Z.; Binns, W. R.; Bugaev, V.; Cao, P.; Chen, C. C.; Chen, C. H.; Chen, P.; Clem, J. M.; Connolly, A.; Cremonesi, L.; Dailey, B.; Deaconu, C.; Dowkontt, P. F.; Fox, B. D.; Gordon, J. W. H.; Hast, C.; Hill, B.; Hughes, K.; Huang, J. J.; Hupe, R.; Israel, M. H.; et al. (2018). "Observation of an Unusual Upward-Going Cosmic-Ray-like Event in the Third Flight of ANITA". Physical Review Letters. 121 (16): 161102. arXiv:1803.05088. Bibcode:2018PhRvL.121p1102G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.161102. PMID 30387639. S2CID 53223465.
  11. ^ "IceCube rules out last Standard Model explanation of ANITA's anomalous neutrino events". January 8, 2020.
  12. ^ a b Prechelt, Remy; Wissel, Stephanie; Romero-Wolf, Andrew (2021-07-23). "An analysis of a tau-neutrino hypothesis for the near-horizon cosmic-ray-like events observed by ANITA-IV". Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021). Vol. 395. SISSA Medialab. p. 1110. doi:10.22323/1.395.1110. S2CID 237511492.

External links edit

  • Miocinovic, P.; et al. (2005). "Tuning into UHE Neutrinos in Antarctica – the ANITA Experiment". Econf C. 041213: 2516. arXiv:astro-ph/0503304. Bibcode:2005tsra.conf..765M.
  • University of California article 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

January 01, 1970
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The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna ANITA experiment has been designed to study ultra high energy UHE cosmic neutrinos by detecting the radio pulses emitted by their interactions with the Antarctic ice sheet This is to be accomplished using an array of radio antennas suspended from a helium balloon flying at a height of about 37 000 meters 1 The ANITA IV experiment in Antarctica prior to being launched on a balloon The neutrinos with energies on the order of 1018 eV produce radio pulses in the ice because of the Askaryan effect It is thought that these high energy cosmic neutrinos result from interaction of ultra high energy 1020 eV cosmic rays with the photons of the cosmic microwave background radiation It is thus hoped that the ANITA experiment can help to explain the origin of these cosmic rays 2 Contents 1 Experimental time frame 2 Funding 3 Results 4 Collaborators 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksExperimental time frame editANITA I launched from McMurdo Antarctica in the summer of 2006 07 The array should travel around the continent with the circumpolar winds for approximately a month before being recovered by the CSBF Each successive mission if funded would be at two year intervals ANITA II a modified instrument with 40 antennas launched from McMurdo Station in the summer of 2008 2009 ANITA III expected to improve sensitivity by a factor of 5 10 launched in December 2014 ANITA IV launched in December 2016 3 with a lighter overall build tunable notch filters and an improved trigger system Funding editANITA is a collaboration of multiple universities led by UH Manoa 4 and funded through grants by NASA and the U S Department of Energy 5 Results editANITA flew four times between 2006 and 2016 and set the most competitive limits on the ultrahigh energy diffuse neutrino flux above several tens of exa electronvolt EeV In addition to its constraints on the diffuse neutrino flux each ANITA flight has observed dozens of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays via the geomagnetic radio emission from cosmic ray induced extensive air showers which ANITA typically observes in reflection off the surface of the ice 6 7 ANITA I and ANITA III also each detected anomalous radio signatures that were observationally consistent with upcoming extensive air showers emerging from the surface Upcoming extensive air showers are predicted to be created by the decay of upcoming tau leptons generated via incident tau neutrinos during their propagation through the Earth 8 However the angles at which these events were observed are in tension with Standard Model neutrino properties as the Earth should strongly attenuate the neutrino flux at these steep emergence angles 9 10 A follow up study by the IceCube experiment which searches for neutrinos with significantly less energy than ANITA could not detect any significant source of neutrinos from the location of these events 11 As of 2016 these events remain unexplained The fourth flight of ANITA ANITA IV also detected four events that were observationally consistent with upcoming tau induced extensive air showers 12 Unlike the events from ANITA I and ANITA III that were observed at steep angles below the horizon the ANITA IV events were observed very close to the horizon where tau induced events are most likely to occur 12 Collaborators editThe current ANITA collaboration team includes members from the University of Hawaii at Manoa University of California Los Angeles Ohio State University The University of Delaware The University of Kansas Washington University in St Louis the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory University College London University of Chicago National Taiwan University and the California Polytechnic State University See also editIceCube Neutrino Observatory Radio Ice Cerenkov Experiment Neutrino telescope Encounters at the End of the WorldReferences edit ANITA Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna Archived from the original on 2015 09 24 Retrieved 2005 12 14 High flyer listens for cosmic pings New Scientist 23 December 2006 CSBF Payload monitoring ANITA IV Archived from the original on 2016 12 02 Retrieved 2016 12 02 ANITA III launched over Antarctica The Source Washington University in St Louis The Source 2014 12 23 Retrieved 2020 01 15 Collaboration ANITA Retrieved 2020 01 15 Schoorlemmer H Belov K Romero Wolf A Garcia Fernandez D Bugaev V Wissel S A Allison P Alvarez Muniz J Barwick S W Beatty J J Besson D Z April 2016 Energy and flux measurements of ultra high energy cosmic rays observed during the first ANITA flight Astroparticle Physics 77 32 43 arXiv 1506 05396 Bibcode 2016APh 77 32S doi 10 1016 j astropartphys 2016 01 001 S2CID 34613649 Gorham P W Ludwig A Deaconu C Cao P Allison P Banerjee O Batten L Bhattacharya D Beatty J J Belov K Binns W R 2021 02 19 Unusual Near Horizon Cosmic Ray like Events Observed by ANITA IV Physical Review Letters 126 7 071103 arXiv 2008 05690 Bibcode 2021PhRvL 126g1103G doi 10 1103 PhysRevLett 126 071103 ISSN 0031 9007 PMID 33666466 S2CID 227141510 Alvarez Muniz Jaime Carvalho Washington R Payet Kevin Romero Wolf Andres Schoorlemmer Harm Zas Enrique 2018 01 26 Comprehensive approach to tau lepton production by high energy tau neutrinos propagating through the Earth Physical Review D 97 2 023021 arXiv 1707 00334 Bibcode 2018PhRvD 97b3021A doi 10 1103 PhysRevD 97 023021 ISSN 2470 0010 S2CID 102491527 Cho Adrian 2018 09 27 Oddball particles tunneling through Earth could point to new physics Science doi 10 1126 science aav5588 S2CID 126199611 Gorham P W Rotter B Allison P Banerjee O Batten L Beatty J J Bechtol K Belov K Besson D Z Binns W R Bugaev V Cao P Chen C C Chen C H Chen P Clem J M Connolly A Cremonesi L Dailey B Deaconu C Dowkontt P F Fox B D Gordon J W H Hast C Hill B Hughes K Huang J J Hupe R Israel M H et al 2018 Observation of an Unusual Upward Going Cosmic Ray like Event in the Third Flight of ANITA Physical Review Letters 121 16 161102 arXiv 1803 05088 Bibcode 2018PhRvL 121p1102G doi 10 1103 PhysRevLett 121 161102 PMID 30387639 S2CID 53223465 IceCube rules out last Standard Model explanation of ANITA s anomalous neutrino events January 8 2020 a b Prechelt Remy Wissel Stephanie Romero Wolf Andrew 2021 07 23 An analysis of a tau neutrino hypothesis for the near horizon cosmic ray like events observed by ANITA IV Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference PoS ICRC2021 Vol 395 SISSA Medialab p 1110 doi 10 22323 1 395 1110 S2CID 237511492 External links editMiocinovic P et al 2005 Tuning into UHE Neutrinos in Antarctica the ANITA Experiment Econf C 041213 2516 arXiv astro ph 0503304 Bibcode 2005tsra conf 765M University of California article Archived 2015 09 24 at the Wayback Machine University of Hawaii article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna amp oldid 1184228224, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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