Propagation effects on radio signals emitted in salt by neutrino-induced electromagnetic showers

Author

Badescu, Alina-Mihaela ; Petrescu, Teodor ; Fratu, Octavian ; Saftoiu, Alexandra ; Brancus, Iliana ; Mitrica, Bogdan ; Sima, Octavian ; Lazanu, Ion ; Halunga, Simona ; Toma, Gabriel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun., Politeh. Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

fYear

2011

fDate

19-20 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We are investigating the possibility to reconstruct the energy and direction of cosmic neutrinos from the measured voltage of the radio signals emitted. The detector based on the Askaryan effect is built in salt so all propagation effects that affect the characteristics of the generated radio signal should be characterized. Measurements are also influenced by the properties of antenna so its behavior is briefly discussed. We have considered that limitations in resolution of the electronic system is given by ADC and presented its influence on the recovery of direction of the incoming neutrino.

Keywords

antennas; neutrinos; radiowave propagation; Askaryan effect; antenna; cosmic neutrinos; electronic system; neutrino-induced electromagnetic showers; propagation effect; radio signal; salt; Absorption; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Neutrino sources; Permittivity; Voltage measurement; Neutrino detector; propagation effects; salt;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radioelektronika (RADIOELEKTRONIKA), 2011 21st International Conference

Conference_Location

Brno

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-325-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADIOELEK.2011.5936405

Filename

5936405