Design and sensitivity of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G)
Abstract
This article presents the design of the Radio Neutrino Observatory Greenland (RNO-G) and discusses its scientific prospects. Using an array of radio sensors, RNO-G seeks to measure neutrinos above 10 PeV by exploiting the Askaryan effect in neutrino-induced cascades in ice. We discuss the experimental considerations that drive the design of RNO-G, present first measurements of the hardware that is to be deployed and discuss the projected sensitivity of the instrument. RNO-G will be the first production-scale radio detector for in-ice neutrino signals.
- Publication:
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Journal of Instrumentation
- Pub Date:
- March 2021
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2010.12279
- Bibcode:
- 2021JInst..16P3025A
- Keywords:
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- Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics;
- Neutrino detectors;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 51 pages, 27 figures, version updated to include corrected figure of effective areas and error in caption