The AMANDA neutrino telescope: principle of operation and first results

@article{citeulike:2933161, abstract = {AMANDA is a high-energy neutrino telescope presently under construction at the geographical South Pole. In the Antarctic summer 1995/96, an array of 80 optical modules (OMs) arranged on 4 strings (AMANDA-B4) was deployed at depths between 1.5 and 2 km. In this paper we describe the design and performance of the AMANDA-B4 prototype, based on data collected between February and November 1996. Monte Carlo simulations of the detector response to down-going atmospheric muon tracks show that the global behavior of the detector is understood. We describe the data analysis method and present first results on atmospheric muon reconstruction and separation of neutrino candidates. The AMANDA array was upgraded with 216 OMs on 6 new strings in 1996/97 (AMANDA-B10), and 122 additional OMs on 3 strings in 1997/98.}, author = {Andres, E. and Askebjer, P. and Barwick, S. W. and Bay, R. and Bergstr\"{o}m, L. and Biron, A. and Booth, J. and Bouchta, A. and Carius, S. and Carlson, M. and Cowen, D. and Dalberg, E. and Deyoung, T. and Ekstr\"{o}m, P. and Erlandson, B. and Goobar, A. and Gray, L. and Hallgren, A. and Halzen, F. and Hardtke, R. and Hart, S. and He, Y. and Heukenkamp, H. and Hill, G. and Hulth, P. O. and Hundertmark, S. and Jacobsen, J. and Jones, A. and Kandhadai, V. and Karle, A. and Koci, B. and Lindahl, P. and Liubarsky, I. and Leuthold, M. and Lowder, D. M. and Marciniewski, P. and Mikolajski, T. and Miller, T. and Miocinovic, P. and Mock, P. and Morse, R. and Niessen, P. and P\'{e}rez and Porrata, R. and Potter, D. and Price, P. B. and Przybylski, G. and Richards, A. and Richter, S. and Romenesko, P. and Rubinstein, H. and Schneider, E. and Schmidt, T. and Schwarz, R. and Solarz, M. and Spiczak, G. M. and Spiering, C. and Streicher, O. and Sun, Q. and Thollander, L. and Thon, T. and Tilav, S. and Walck, C. and Wiebusch, C. and Wischnewski, R. and Woschnagg, K. and Yodh, G. }, citeulike-article-id = {2933161}, doi = {10.1016/S0927-6505(99)00092-4}, journal = {Astroparticle Physics}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {1--20}, posted-at = {2008-06-27 10:43:53}, priority = {0}, title = {The AMANDA neutrino telescope: principle of operation and first results}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(99)00092-4}, volume = {13}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2933161 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2933161 TI - The AMANDA neutrino telescope: principle of operation and first results JF - Astroparticle Physics VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 20 N2 - AMANDA is a high-energy neutrino telescope presently under construction at the geographical South Pole. In the Antarctic summer 1995/96, an array of 80 optical modules (OMs) arranged on 4 strings (AMANDA-B4) was deployed at depths between 1.5 and 2 km. In this paper we describe the design and performance of the AMANDA-B4 prototype, based on data collected between February and November 1996. Monte Carlo simulations of the detector response to down-going atmospheric muon tracks show that the global behavior of the detector is understood. We describe the data analysis method and present first results on atmospheric muon reconstruction and separation of neutrino candidates. The AMANDA array was upgraded with 216 OMs on 6 new strings in 1996/97 (AMANDA-B10), and 122 additional OMs on 3 strings in 1997/98. AU - Andres, E AU - Askebjer, P AU - Barwick, SW AU - Bay, R AU - Bergström, L AU - Biron, A AU - Booth, J AU - Bouchta, A AU - Carius, S AU - Carlson, M AU - Cowen, D AU - Dalberg, E AU - Deyoung, T AU - Ekström, P AU - Erlandson, B AU - Goobar, A AU - Gray, L AU - Hallgren, A AU - Halzen, F AU - Hardtke, R AU - Hart, S AU - He, Y AU - Heukenkamp, H AU - Hill, G AU - Hulth, PO AU - Hundertmark, S AU - Jacobsen, J AU - Jones, A AU - Kandhadai, V AU - Karle, A AU - Koci, B AU - Lindahl, P AU - Liubarsky, I AU - Leuthold, M AU - Lowder, DM AU - Marciniewski, P AU - Mikolajski, T AU - Miller, T AU - Miocinovic, P AU - Mock, P AU - Morse, R AU - Niessen, P AU - Pérez AU - Porrata, R AU - Potter, D AU - Price, PB AU - Przybylski, G AU - Richards, A AU - Richter, S AU - Romenesko, P AU - Rubinstein, H AU - Schneider, E AU - Schmidt, T AU - Schwarz, R AU - Solarz, M AU - Spiczak, GM AU - Spiering, C AU - Streicher, O AU - Sun, Q AU - Thollander, L AU - Thon, T AU - Tilav, S AU - Walck, C AU - Wiebusch, C AU - Wischnewski, R AU - Woschnagg, K AU - Yodh, G PY - 2000/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(99)00092-4 ER -