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In situ, broadband measurement of the radio frequency attenuation length at Summit Station, Greenland
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Aguilar, J. A.; Allison, P.; Beatty, J. J.; Besson, D.; Bishop, A.; Botner, O.; Bouma, S.; Buitink, S.; Cataldo, M.; Clark, B. A.; Curtis-Ginsberg, Z.; Connolly, A.; Dasgupta, P.; de Kockere, S.; de Vries, K. D.; Deaconu, C.; DuVernois, M. A.; Glaser, C.; Hallgren, A.; Hallmann, S.; Hanson, J. C.; Hendricks, B.; Hornhuber, C.; Hughes, K.; Karle, A.; Kelley, J. L.; Kravchenko, I.; Krebs, R.; Lahmann, R.; Latif, U.; Mammo, J.; Meyers, Z. S.; Michaels, K.; Mulrey, K.; Nelles, A.; Novikov, A.; Nozdrina, A.; Oberla, E.; Oeyen, B.; Pan, Y.; Pandya, H.; Plaisier, I.; Punsuebsay, N.; Pyras, L.; Ryckbosch, D.; Scholten, O.; Seckel, D.; Seikh, M. F. H.; Smith, D.; Southall, D.; Torres, J.; Toscano, S.; Tosi, D.; Broeck, D. J. Van Den; van Eijndhoven, N.; Vieregg, A. G.; Welling, C.; Williams, D. R.; Wissel, S.; Young, R.; Zink, A.
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Abstract
Over the last 25 years, radiowave detection of neutrino-generated signals, using cold polar ice as the neutrino target, has emerged as perhaps the most promising technique for detection of extragalactic ultra-high energy neutrinos (corresponding to neutrino energies in excess of 0.01 Joules, or $10^{17}$ electron volts). During the summer of 2021 and in tandem with the initial deployment of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G), we conducted radioglaciological measurements at Summit Station, Greenland to refine our understanding of the ice target. We report the result of one such measurement, the radio-frequency electric field attenuation length $L_\alpha$. We find an approximately linear dependence of $L_\alpha$ on frequency with the best fit of the average field attenuation for the upper 1500 m of ice: $\langle L_\alpha \rangle = \big( (1154 \pm 121) - (0.81 \pm 0.14) (\nu/$MHz$)\big)$ m for frequencies $\nu \in [145 - 350]$ MHz.
Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, Accepted to Journal of Glaciology
Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, Accepted to Journal of Glaciology