Title :
Hydrophone calibration based on microcontrollers for acoustic detection of UHE neutrinos
Author :
Ooppakaew, W. ; Danaher, S. ; Veledar, O.
Author_Institution :
Northumbria Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Abstract :
This paper discuses hydrophone calibration for generation of artificial Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrino-induced pulses. Signal processing techniques are applied to hydrophone modelling. A bipolar acoustic generation module is built using PIC microcontrollers for processing and control. The NI-USB6211 commercial module is used for comparison. The modelling is compared to experimental data generated in a laboratory water tank. The result from simulation and experiment are compared showing excellent agreement. This opens the way to excite steerable hydrophone arrays which is not possible with current hardware.
Keywords :
acoustic signal detection; acoustic signal processing; acoustic transducer arrays; astronomical instruments; cosmic ray apparatus; hydrophones; microcontrollers; neutrino detection; NI-USB6211 module; acoustic detection; acoustic generation module; cosmic ray detection; hydrophone calibration; microcontrollers; neutrino detection; signal processing method; Computer languages; Hardware; Mathematical model; Neutrino sources; Acoustic detection; Hydrophone calibration; Microcontroller; UHE neutrinos;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Systems Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2010 7th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Newcastle upon Tyne
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8858-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-86135-369-6
