Published September 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Simulating the sensitivity of hypothetical km3 hydrophone arrays to fluxes of UHE neutrinos Modelling the effects of refraction

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7RH (United Kingdom)

Description

The velocity of sound in the sea is not a constant, hence sound rays are subject to refraction. The work described here, attempts to model the distortion of the acoustic 'pancake', emitted when a neutrino with over a joule of energy, scatters in the sea. The detection of such events by hypothetical arrays of hydrophones, distributed over volumes of several cubic kilometres is discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 012021
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
Acoustic and radio EeV neutrino detection activities
Acronym
ARENA 2006
Dates
28-30 Jun 2006
Place
Newcastle (United Kingdom)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39031910
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACOUSTIC DETECTION; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; NEUTRINO DETECTION; REFRACTION; SENSITIVITY; SOUND WAVES
Descriptors DEC
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; COSMIC RADIATION; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SIMULATION

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Collaborations
ACoRNE Collaboration