European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Feb 2022)
Reconstructing the neutrino energy for in-ice radio detectors
- J. A. Aguilar,
- P. Allison,
- J. J. Beatty,
- H. Bernhoff,
- D. Besson,
- N. Bingefors,
- O. Botner,
- S. Bouma,
- S. Buitink,
- K. Carter,
- M. Cataldo,
- B. A. Clark,
- Z. Curtis-Ginsberg,
- A. Connolly,
- P. Dasgupta,
- S. de Kockere,
- K. D. de Vries,
- C. Deaconu,
- M. A. DuVernois,
- C. Glaser,
- A. Hallgren,
- S. Hallmann,
- J. C. Hanson,
- B. Hendricks,
- B. Hokanson-Fasig,
- C. Hornhuber,
- K. Hughes,
- A. Karle,
- J. L. Kelley,
- S. R. Klein,
- R. Krebs,
- R. Lahmann,
- U. Latif,
- T. Meures,
- Z. S. Meyers,
- K. Mulrey,
- A. Nelles,
- A. Novikov,
- E. Oberla,
- B. Oeyen,
- H. Pandya,
- I. Plaisier,
- L. Pyras,
- D. Ryckbosch,
- O. Scholten,
- D. Seckel,
- D. Smith,
- D. Southall,
- J. Torres,
- S. Toscano,
- D. Tosi,
- D. J. Van Den Broeck,
- N. van Eijndhoven,
- A. G. Vieregg,
- C. Welling,
- S. Wissel,
- R. Young,
- A. Zink
Affiliations
- J. A. Aguilar
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- P. Allison
- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University
- J. J. Beatty
- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University
- H. Bernhoff
- Division of Electricity, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University
- D. Besson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas
- N. Bingefors
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- O. Botner
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- S. Bouma
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- S. Buitink
- Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- K. Carter
- Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University
- M. Cataldo
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- B. A. Clark
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- Z. Curtis-Ginsberg
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst., Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
- A. Connolly
- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University
- P. Dasgupta
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- S. de Kockere
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- K. D. de Vries
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- C. Deaconu
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst., Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
- M. A. DuVernois
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- C. Glaser
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- A. Hallgren
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- S. Hallmann
- DESY
- J. C. Hanson
- Whittier College
- B. Hendricks
- Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State University
- B. Hokanson-Fasig
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- C. Hornhuber
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas
- K. Hughes
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst., Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
- A. Karle
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- J. L. Kelley
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- S. R. Klein
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- R. Krebs
- Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State University
- R. Lahmann
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- U. Latif
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- T. Meures
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Z. S. Meyers
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- K. Mulrey
- Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- A. Nelles
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- A. Novikov
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas
- E. Oberla
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst., Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
- B. Oeyen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University
- H. Pandya
- Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- I. Plaisier
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- L. Pyras
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- D. Ryckbosch
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University
- O. Scholten
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- D. Seckel
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- D. Smith
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst., Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
- D. Southall
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst., Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
- J. Torres
- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University
- S. Toscano
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- D. Tosi
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- D. J. Van Den Broeck
- Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- N. van Eijndhoven
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- A. G. Vieregg
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst., Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
- C. Welling
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- S. Wissel
- Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University
- R. Young
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas
- A. Zink
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10034-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 82,
no. 2
pp. 1 – 23
Abstract
Abstract Since summer 2021, the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) is searching for astrophysical neutrinos at energies $${>10}$$ > 10 PeV by detecting the radio emission from particle showers in the ice around Summit Station, Greenland. We present an extensive simulation study that shows how RNO-G will be able to measure the energy of such particle cascades, which will in turn be used to estimate the energy of the incoming neutrino that caused them. The location of the neutrino interaction is determined using the differences in arrival times between channels and the electric field of the radio signal is reconstructed using a novel approach based on Information Field Theory. Based on these properties, the shower energy can be estimated. We show that this method can achieve an uncertainty of 13% on the logarithm of the shower energy after modest quality cuts and estimate how this can constrain the energy of the neutrino. The method presented in this paper is applicable to all similar radio neutrino detectors, such as the proposed radio array of IceCube-Gen2.
