Measurement of acoustic attenuation in South Pole ice

Gluesenkamp, T.; de los Heros, Cp; Abbasi, Rasha; Abdou, Yasser; Abu-Zayyad, Tareq; Adams, J.; Aguilar, Ja-A.; Ahlers, M.; Andeen, K.; Auffenberg, J.; Bai, X.; Baker, M.; Barwick, Sw W.; Luenemann, J.; Bay, R.; Bazo Alba, J. L.; Beattie, K.; Beatty, Jj J.; Bechet, S.; Becker, Jk K.; Becker, Kh-H.; Benabderrahmane, Ml L.; Berdermann, J.; Berghaus, P.; Berley, D.; Bernardini, E.; Bertrand, D.; Besson, Dz Z.; Bissok, M.; Blaufuss, E.; Boersma, Dj J.; Bohm, C.; Böser, S.; De Vries-Uiterweerd, Garmt; Botner, O.; Bradley, L.; Braun, J.; Buitink, S.; Carson, Michael; Chirkin, D.; Christy, B.; Clem, J.; Clevermann, F.; Cohen, S.; Colnard, C.; D'Agostino, Mv; Cowen, Df F.; D’Agostino, M. V.; Danninger, M.; De Clercq, C.; Demirörs, L.; Alba, Jlb L. Bazo; Depaepe, O.; Descamps, Freija; Desiati, P.; de Vries-Uiterweerd, G.; DeYoung, T.; Díaz-Vélez, J. C.; Dreyer, Jens; Dumm, Jp P.; Duvoort, Mr R.; Ehrlich, R.; Eisch, J.; Boser, S.; Ellsworth, Rw W.; Engdegård, O.; Euler, S.; Evenson, Pa A.; Engdegrd, O.; Fadiran, O.; Fazely, Ar R.; Engdegaard, O.; Feusels, Tom; Filimonov, K.; Finley, C.; Foerster, Mm M.; Fox, Bd D.; Franckowiak, A.; Franke, R.; Gaisser, Tk K.; Gallagher, J.; Diaz-Velez, Jc C.; Ganugapati, R.; Geisler, M.; Gerhardt, L.; Gladstone, L.; Glüsenkamp, T.; Goldschmidt, A.; Goodman, Ja A.; Grant, D.; Griesel, T.; Groß, A.; Grullon, S.; Gunasingha, Rm M.; Gurtner, M.; Gustafsson, L.; Ha, C.; Hallgren, A.; Halzen, F.; Han, K.; Hanson, K.; Hulss, Jp P.; Helbing, K.; Herquet, P.; Hickford, S.; Hill, Gc C.; Hoffman, Kd D.; Homeier, A.; Hoshina, K.; Hubert, D.; Huelsnitz, W.; Hülß, J.-P.; Hulth, Po O.; Hultqvist, K.; Hussain, S.; Imlay, Rl L.; Ishihara, A.; Jacobsen, J.; Japaridze, Gs S.; Johansson, H.; Joseph, Jm M.; Kampert, Kh-H.; Kappes, A.; Karg, T.; Karle, A.; Kohne, Jh H.; Kelley, Jl L.; Kemming, N.; Kenny, P.; Kiryluk, J.; Kislat, F.; Klein, S. R.; Knops, S.; Köhne, J.-H.; Kohnen, Georges; Kopke, L.; Kolanoski, H.; Köpke, L.; Koskinen, D. J.; Kowalski, M.; Kowarik, T.; Krasberg, M.; Krings, T.; Kroll, G.; Kuehn, K.; Kuwabara, T.; Labare, M.; Lafebre, S.; Laihem, K.; Landsman, H.; Lauer, R.; Meszaros, P.; Lehmann, R.; Lennarz, D.; Lünemann, J.; Madsen, J.; Majumdar, P.; Maruyama, R.; Mase, K.; Matis, Hs S.; Matusik, M.; Meagher, K.; Merck, M.; Mészáros, P.; Meures, T.; Middell, E.; Milke, N.; Montaruli, T.; Morse, R.; Movit, Sm M.; Nahnhauer, R.; Nam, Jw W.; Naumann, U.; Nießen, P.; Nygren, Dr R.; Odrowski, S.; Olivas, A.; Olivo, M.; Huelss, J.-P.; Ono, M.; Panknin, S.; Paul, L.; Pérez De Los Heros, C.; Petrovic, J.; Perez de los Heros, C.; Piegsa, A.; Pieloth, D.; Porrata, R.; Posselt, J.; Price, Pb B.; Prikockis, M.; Przybylski, Gt T.; Rawlins, K.; Redl, P.; Resconi, E.; Rhode, W.; Ribordy, M.; Rizzo, A.; Rodrigues, Jp P.; Roth, P.; Koehne, J.-H.; Rothmaier, F.; Rott, C.; Roucelle, C.; Ruhe, T.; Rutledge, D.; Ruzybayev, B.; Koepke, L.; Ryckbosch, Dirk; Sander, Hg-G.; Sarkar, S.; Schatto, K.; Schlenstedt, S.; Schmidt, T.; Schneider, D.; Schukraft, A.; Schultes, A.; Schulz, O.; Schunck, M.; Seckel, D.; Semburg, B.; Slipakaj, A.; Seo, Sh H.; Sestayo, Y.; Seunarine, S.; Silvestri, A.; Slipak, A.; Spiczak, Gm M.; Spiering, C.; Stamatikos, M.; Stanev, T.; Stephens, G.; Stezelberger, T.; Stokstad, Rg G.; Stoyanov, S.; Strahler, Ea A.; Straszheim, T.; Sullivan, Gw W.; Swillens, Q.; Taboada, I.; Tamburro, A.; Tarasova, O.; Tepe, A.; Ter-Antonyan, S.; Tilav, S.; Toale, Pa A.; Tosi, D.; van Eijndhoven, N.; Demiroers, L.; Turčan, D.; Vandenbroucke, J.; Van Overloop, Arne; van Santen, J.; Voigt, B.; Walck, C.; Waldenmaier, T.; Wallraff, M.; Walter, M.; Wendt, C.; Westerhoff, S.; Whitehorn, N.; Wiebe, K.; Wiebusch, Ch H.; Wikström, G.; Williams, Dr R.; Wischnewski, R.; Wissing, H.; Woschnagg, K.; Xu, C.; Xu, Xw W.; Yanez, Jp P.; Collaboration, IceCube; Yodh, G.; Yoshida, S.; Boeser, S.; Zarzhitsky, P.

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Measurement of acoustic attenuation in South Pole ice

Journal article published in 2011 by T. Gluesenkamp, Cp de los Heros, Rasha Abbasi, Yasser Abdou, Tareq Abu-Zayyad, J. Adams, Ja-A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, Sw W. Barwick, J. Luenemann, R. Bay and other authors.

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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 α = 3.20 ± 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 λ ≡ 1/α of ∼300 m with 20% uncertainty. No significant depth or frequency dependence has been found. ; SeriesInformation ; Astroparticle Physics ; Volume 34, Issue 06

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