Observation of muons using the polar ice CAP as a Cerenkov detector

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Sep 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991natur.353..331l&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 353, Sept. 26, 1991, p. 331-333. Research supported by NSF and University of California.

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Absorption Spectra, Cerenkov Counters, Muons, Neutrinos, Polar Caps, Corpuscular Radiation, Photomultiplier Tubes, Radiation Absorption

Scientific paper

A pilot experiment to detect a small flux of extraterrestrial neutrinos at energies above 1 TeV using photomultiplier tubes placed into Arctic ice in Greenland is described. Cerenkov radiation from muons was detected, and a comparison of count rate with the expected muon flux indicates that the ice is very transparent, with an absorption length greater than 18 m. The result suggests that a full-scale Antarctic ice detector its technically quite feasible.

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