Speaker
Stephanie Wissel
(UCLA)
Description
The ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is a balloon-borne
interferometer sensitive to ultra-wideband radiation from neutrinos interacting in
ice and cosmic-ray air showers in the 200–1000 MHz range. The third flight
of ANITA will achieve improved sensitivity through an upgraded triggering
system and larger antenna array enabling the detection of an order of
magnitude more ultra-high energy cosmic ray events over the first flight of
ANITA and increased background rejection. Additionally, a prototypical
drop-down antenna will record the first in-flight observations of cosmic-ray
air showers at VHF frequencies. We report on the status of the
observatory.
Primary author
Stephanie Wissel
(UCLA)
