This experiment seeks to turn a huge area of the Ross Ice Shelf into a gigantic neutrino detector. Now in a completed pilot stage, ARIANNA consists of 7 stations dispersed on the ice. Each station is an autonomous radio-frequency electronics instrument that watches for faint radio signals propagating through the ice due to cosmic neutrino interactions. Each station includes solar power, battery backup, low-noise amplification, 2 GHz “oscilloscope on a chip” instrumentation with trigger capabilities, wireless and satellite communications gear, etc.

Related publications:

1. •J73C. Reed, et al., “Performance of the ARIANNA Hexagonal Radio Array,” Proceedings of Science, in press.
   

2. •J72A. Nelles, C. Persichilli, et al., “Live-time and Sensitivity of the ARIANNA Hexagonal Radio Array,” Proceedings of Science, in press.
   

3. •J71S. W. Barwick, et al., “Design and Performance of the ARIANNA HRA-3 Neutrino Detector Systems," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 62, no 5, pp. 2202-2215, Sept. 2015 (Kleinfelder as principal author).
   

4. •J69S. W. Barwick, et al., “A first search for cosmogenic neutrinos with the ARIANNA Hexagonal Radio Array,” Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 70, pp 12-26, Oct. 2015.
   

5. •J68J. C. Hanson, et al., “Radar absorption, basal reflection, thickness and polarization measurements from the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica,” J. Glaciology, Vol. 61, No. 227, pp. 438-446, 2015.
   

6. •J67S. W. Barwick, et al., “Time Domain Response of the ARIANNA Detector” Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 62, pp 139-151, Sept. 2014.
   

7. •J63S. Kleinfelder, et al., “Multi-GHz waveform sampling and digitization with real-time pattern-matching trigger generation,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 3785-3792, October 2013.
   

8. •J62    S. Kleinfelder, et. al., “Design and performance of the autonomous data acquisition system for the ARIANNA high energy neutrino experiment,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 60, Issue 2, pp 612-618, April 2013.
   

9. •C71S. Kleinfelder, et al., “Design of the Second-Generation ARIANNA Ultra-High-Energy Neutrino Detector Systems,” Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2015.
   

10. •C70S. Kleinfelder, E. Chiem, T. Prakash, “The SST Fully-Synchronous Multi-GHz Analog Waveform Recorder with Nyquist-Rate Bandwidth and Flexible Trigger Capabilities,” Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2014.
    

11. •C68S. Barwick, et al., “Performance of the ARIANNA Prototype Array,” Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, July 2013.
    

12. •C67C. Reed, et al., “Performance of the ARIANNA Neutrino Telescope Stations,” Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, July 2013.
    

13. •C66 S. Barwick, et. al., “Performance of the ARIANNA Prototype Array,” Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, July 2013.
    

14. •C65 C. Reed, et. al., “Performance of the ARIANNA Neutrino Telescope Stations,” Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, July 2013.
    

15. •C64 S. Kleinfelder, et. al., “The Autonomous, Low-Power Data Acquisition System for the ARIANNA Antarctic Neutrino Detector Array,” Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Anaheim, CA, October 2012.
    

16. •C61 S.W. Barwick, et. al., “ARIANNA, a new concept for high energy neutrino detection,” Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, 2011.
    

17. •C60 K. Dookayka, et. al., “Characterizing the search for UHE neutrinos with the ARIANNA detector,” Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, 2011.
    

18. •C59 J. Hanson, et. al., “Ross Ice Shelf thickness, radio-frequency attenuation and reflectivity: implications for the ARIANNA UHE neutrino detector,” Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, 2011.
    

19. •[C55] W. Huang, S.W. Chiang, S. Kleinfelder, “Waveform Digitization with Programmable Windowed Real-Time Trigger Capability,” Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Orlando, FL, October 2009.