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Measurement of acoustic attenuation in South Pole ice
A. PiegsaP. RothL. GustafssonJ. L. KelleyK.-h. BeckerMarkus AhlersLarissa PaulP. O. HulthJ. EischK. KuehnK. BeattieAlbrecht KarleO. SchulzK. MeagherT. KringsK. MaseChristian SpieringR. PorrataG. De Vries-uiterweerdE. A. StrahlerA. SchukraftDelia TosiS. HussainTimo KargB. SemburgS. KnopsJustin VandenbrouckeJ. H. KoehneSamvel Ter-antonyanP. B. PriceGerald PrzybylskiDirk RyckboschF. ClevermannC. Pérez De Los HerosA. GrossDirk LennarzHermann KolanoskiH. WissingA. SchultesJ. M. ClemJon DummM. PrikockisT. WaldenmaierJoanna KirylukJoanna KirylukD. J. BoersmaA. Van OverloopJ. J. BeattyJ. P. RodriguesDj. KoskinenT. StezelbergerT. O. B. SchmidtC. HaM. KowalskiJ. P. YanezHenrik J. JohanssonM. L. BenabderrahmaneM. DanningerP. BerghausS. GrullonM. J. CarsonS. PankninKurt WoschnaggF. RothmaierPaul EvensonG. W. SullivanS.j. LafebreA. SilvestriS. EulerM. StamatikosM. StamatikosFabian KislatMatthias GeislerK. HultqvistN. KemmingJames E. BraunDarren GrantH. LandsmanParaic A. KennyJuanan AguilarTakao KuwabaraT. KowarikB. ChristyA. TamburroB. VoigtAnna FranckowiakXinhua BaiW. HuelsnitzK. HelbingChristopher WiebuschDmitry ChirkinM. V. D'agostinoK. SchattoJ. PosseltG. KohnenDamian PielothM. OnoD. HubertG. WikströmT. GrieselA. IshiharaThomas MeuresKaren AndeenM. MerckAlexander KappesAlexander KappesA. GoldschmidtJ. L. Bazo AlbaJ. LuenemannYolanda Sestayo De La CerraL. DemiroersK. WiebeG. StephensS. WesterhoffR. NahnhauerT. FeuselsK. HoshinaL. KoepkeT. Abu-zayyadO. TarasovaK. HanJ. E. JacobsenGlenn SpiczakPratik MajumdarJ. K. BeckerReina H. MaruyamaCarsten RottL. GerhardtL. GerhardtR. EhrlichM. MatusikT. GluesenkampSpencer KleinSpencer KleinTim RuheM. WalterA. RizzoU. NaumannOlga BotnerA. OlivasR. W. EllsworthM. BissokM. M. FoersterB. RuzybayevR. GanugapatiLaura C. BradleyE. BlaufussM. R. DuvoortJ. C. GallagherD. F. CowenKara HoffmanR. L. ImlayS. H. SeoXianwu XuO. DepaepeS. StoyanovAllan HallgrenC. BohmS. M. MovitK. LaihemN. MilkeGeorge JaparidzeDavid A. SchneiderO. EngdegårdD. BerleyG. C. HillMichael J. BakerElisa ResconiP. NiessenL. GladstoneJ. BerdermannH. S. MatisD. SeckelS. BoeserS. TilavI. TaboadaWolfgang RhodeA. R. FazelyTyce DeyoungP. A. ToaleR. C. BayM. LabareT. StraszheimJ. Van SantenJuan Carlos Diaz-velezD. TurcanJ. DreyerY. AbdouS. BechetFrancis HalzenP. RedlP. ZarzhitskyJ. W. NamJ. P. HuelssO. FadiranKarl-heinz KampertH. G. SanderKirill FilimonovD. R. NygrenS. OdrowskiChun XuJ. M. JosephRasha AbbasiPeter MészárosStijn BuitinkR. MorseB. D. FoxD. BertrandM. WallraffM. GurtnerC. RoucelleD. Z. BessonNathan WhitehornS. CohenJ. AuffenbergChad FinleyC. ColnardJenni AdamsSubir SarkarS. HickfordR. G. StokstadR. WischnewskiJ. PetrovicR. M. GunasinghaA. SlipakajR. J. LauerM. OlivoM. OlivoJ. A. GoodmanC. De ClercqDavid A. WilliamsM. KrasbergS. W. BarwickQ. SwillensS. YoshidaE. MiddellElisa BernardiniN. Van EijndhovenM. RibordyS. SchlenstedtG. KrollTodor StanevC. WendtR. LehmannF. DescampsPh. HerquetA. TepeR. FrankeKael HansonC. WalckThomas K. GaisserG. B. YodhPaolo DesiatiS. SeunarineD. RutledgeK. RawlinsJames MadsenA. HomeierTeresa MontaruliTeresa MontaruliM. Schuncksubject
Acoustic attenuation; Acoustics; Ice; Neutrino astronomy; South Pole[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]iceFOS: Physical sciencesAetiology screening and detection [ONCOL 5]Lambda01 natural sciencesneutrino astronomy[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]OpticsSpectrum0103 physical sciencesacousticsInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)0105 earth and related environmental sciencesPhysicsSouth Pole010308 nuclear & particles physicsbusiness.industryAttenuation[SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]TransmitterAttenuation lengthAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeodesy004AmplitudeAttenuation coefficientddc:540NeutrinoAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsbusinessAcoustic attenuationinfo:eu-repo/classification/ddc/004acoustic attenuationdescription
Using the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) and a retrievable transmitter deployed in holes drilled for the IceCube experiment, we have measured the attenuation of acoustic signals by South Pole ice at depths between 190 m and 500 m. Three data sets, using different acoustic sources, have been analyzed and give consistent results. The method with the smallest systematic uncertainties yields an amplitude attenuation coefficient alpha = 3.20 \pm 0.57 km^(-1) between 10 and 30 kHz, considerably larger than previous theoretical estimates. Expressed as an attenuation length, the analyses give a consistent result for lambda = 1/alpha of ~1/300 m with 20% uncertainty. No significant depth or frequency dependence has been found.
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| 2010-04-10 |