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Title: Radio frequency birefringence in south polar ice and implications for neutrino reconstruction
Authors: Kravchenko, I.1, Besson, D.2 dbesson@ku.edu, Ramos, A.2, Remmers, J.2
Source: Astroparticle Physics. May2011, Vol. 34 Issue 10, p755-768. 14p.
Subjects: Radio frequency, Double refraction, Antarctic ice, Neutrinos, Calibration, Astrophysics, Attenuation (Physics)
Geographic Terms: South Pole, Antarctica
Abstract: Abstract: Using a bistatic radar echo sounding (RES) system developed for calibration of the RICE particle astrophysics experiment at the South Pole, we have studied radio frequency (RF) reflections off the bedrock. The total propagation time of ∼ns-duration, vertically () broadcast radio signals, as a function of polarization orientation in the horizontal plane, provides a direct probe of the geometry-dependence of the ice permittivity to a depth of 2.8km. We observe clear birefringent asymmetries along in the lowest half of the ice sheet, at a fractional level ∼0.3%. This result is in contrast to expectations based on measurements at Dome Fuji, for which birefringence was observed in the upper 1.5km of the ice sheet. This effect, combined with the increased radio frequency attenuation expected near the bedrock, renders the lower half thickness of South Polar ice less favorable than the upper half of the ice sheet in terms of its ultra-high energy neutrino detection potential. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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