Acoustic Array Calibration and Signal Processing for UHE Neutrinos Generation

Author

Ooppakaew, W. ; Danaher, S. ; Saldaña, M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of CEIS, Northumbria Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

17-22 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

910

Lastpage

915

Abstract

The calibration and design of an eighthydrophone linear array has been developed for the generation of emulated Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrino-induced pulses. The acoustic array simulates the acoustic pulse created from a neutrino interaction in water by generating a coherently emitted acoustic bipolar pulse. The calibrator is developed using signal processing methods using experimental measurements to characterise the hydrophone system. An 8 channel PIC hydrophone array module has been built for processing and control. A linear array simulation for the neutrino pulses production has been studied in order to predict the directivity and shape of the acoustic bipolar pulse at the ANTARES neutrino detector.

Keywords

acoustic arrays; calibration; hydrophones; neutrino detection; signal processing; ANTARES neutrino detector; UHE neutrinos generation; acoustic array calibration; acoustic bipolar pulse; channel PIC hydrophone array module; hydrophone system; linear array simulation; neutrino interaction; neutrino pulses production; signal processing method; ultra high energy neutrino-induced pulses; water; Acoustics; Arrays; Attenuation; Calibration; Neutrino sources; Signal processing; Sonar equipment; Acoustic detection; Array hydrophone calibration; PIC module; UHE neutrinos; array simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), 2011 IEEE 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Valencia

ISSN

2155-6806

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1345-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASS.2011.109

Filename

6076707