Neutrino Array Radio Calibration
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The Neutrino Array Radio Calibration (NARC) experiment is the successor to the Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment (RICE)
which will serve as a testbed for future development of an eventual large-scale neutrino radio-detection array. NARC involves detecting ultra high energy electron neutrino
s through their interactions with ice molecules in the Antarctic icecap, based on the principle of radio coherence
. Experimentally, the goal is to detect and measure long-wavelength (radiofrequency) pulses resulting from this interaction.
Radio Ice Cerenkov Experiment
Radio Ice Cerenkov Experiment is an experiment designed to detect the Cherenkov emission in the radio regime of the electromagnetic spectrum from the interaction of high energy neutrinos with the Antarctic ice cap...
which will serve as a testbed for future development of an eventual large-scale neutrino radio-detection array. NARC involves detecting ultra high energy electron neutrino
Neutrino
A neutrino is an electrically neutral, weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin, chirality and a disputed but small non-zero mass. It is able to pass through ordinary matter almost unaffected...
s through their interactions with ice molecules in the Antarctic icecap, based on the principle of radio coherence
Coherence (physics)
In physics, coherence is a property of waves that enables stationary interference. More generally, coherence describes all properties of the correlation between physical quantities of a wave....
. Experimentally, the goal is to detect and measure long-wavelength (radiofrequency) pulses resulting from this interaction.