Journal of Glaciology (Dec 2022)
In situ, broadband measurement of the radio frequency attenuation length at Summit Station, Greenland
- J. A. Aguilar,
- P. Allison,
- J. J. Beatty,
- D. Besson,
- A. Bishop,
- O. Botner,
- S. Bouma,
- S. Buitink,
- 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,
- C. Hornhuber,
- K. Hughes,
- A. Karle,
- J. L. Kelley,
- I. Kravchenko,
- R. Krebs,
- R. Lahmann,
- U. Latif,
- J. Mammo,
- Z. S. Meyers,
- K. Michaels,
- K. Mulrey,
- A. Nelles,
- A. Novikov,
- A. Nozdrina,
- E. Oberla,
- B. Oeyen,
- Y. Pan,
- H. Pandya,
- I. Plaisier,
- N. Punsuebsay,
- L. Pyras,
- D. Ryckbosch,
- O. Scholten,
- D. Seckel,
- M. F. H. Seikh,
- D. Smith,
- D. Southall,
- J. Torres,
- S. Toscano,
- D. Tosi,
- D. J. Van Den Broeck,
- N. van Eijndhoven,
- A. G. Vieregg,
- C. Welling,
- D. R. Williams,
- S. Wissel,
- R. Young,
- A. Zink
Affiliations
- J. A. Aguilar
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- P. Allison
- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- J. J. Beatty
- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- D. Besson
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA National Nuclear Research University MEPhI, Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia
- A. Bishop
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53703, USA
- O. Botner
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-752 37 Sweden
- S. Bouma
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- S. Buitink
- Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- M. Cataldo
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- B. A. Clark
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824, USA
- Z. Curtis-Ginsberg
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- A. Connolly
- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- P. Dasgupta
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- S. de Kockere
- ORCiD
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- K. D. de Vries
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- C. Deaconu
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- M. A. DuVernois
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53703, USA
- C. Glaser
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-752 37 Sweden
- A. Hallgren
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-752 37 Sweden
- S. Hallmann
- DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
- J. C. Hanson
- Whittier College, Whittier, CA 90602, USA
- B. Hendricks
- Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16801, USA
- C. Hornhuber
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
- K. Hughes
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- A. Karle
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53703, USA
- J. L. Kelley
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53703, USA
- I. Kravchenko
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
- R. Krebs
- Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16801, USA
- R. Lahmann
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- U. Latif
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- J. Mammo
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
- Z. S. Meyers
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
- K. Michaels
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- K. Mulrey
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL, The Netherlands
- A. Nelles
- ORCiD
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
- A. Novikov
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
- A. Nozdrina
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
- E. Oberla
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- B. Oeyen
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
- Y. Pan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- H. Pandya
- Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- I. Plaisier
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
- N. Punsuebsay
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- L. Pyras
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
- D. Ryckbosch
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
- O. Scholten
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Kapteijn Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- D. Seckel
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- M. F. H. Seikh
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
- D. Smith
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- D. Southall
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- J. Torres
- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- S. Toscano
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- D. Tosi
- Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53703, USA
- D. J. Van Den Broeck
- Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- N. van Eijndhoven
- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- A. G. Vieregg
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- C. Welling
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
- D. R. Williams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
- S. Wissel
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16801, USA Physics Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo CA 93407, USA
- R. Young
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
- A. Zink
- Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.40
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 68
pp. 1234 – 1242
Abstract
Over the last 25 years, radiowave detection of neutrino-generated signals, using cold polar ice as the neutrino target, has emerged as perhaps the most promising technique for detection of extragalactic ultra-high energy neutrinos (corresponding to neutrino energies in excess of 0.01 Joules, or 1017 electron volts). During the summer of 2021 and in tandem with the initial deployment of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G), we conducted radioglaciological measurements at Summit Station, Greenland to refine our understanding of the ice target. We report the result of one such measurement, the radio-frequency electric field attenuation length $L_\alpha$. We find an approximately linear dependence of $L_\alpha$ on frequency with the best fit of the average field attenuation for the upper 1500 m of ice: $\langle L_\alpha \rangle = ( ( 1154 \pm 121) - ( 0.81 \pm 0.14) \, ( \nu /{\rm MHz}) ) \,{\rm m}$ for frequencies ν ∈ [145 − 350] MHz.
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