Background :

The fact that neutrinos only interact weakly is one of the reasons it has taken so long to discover that they have mass. The same feature also means that they travel through the universe almost undisturbed, and if they can be detected, they could provide a unique insight into cosmology and astrophysics. The ACORNE project began this year and will investigate a novel detection method for ultra-high energy cosmic ray neutrinos. The method aims to detect the "pings" generated when extremely high energy particles deposit their energy in a confined volume of a thermally expansive medium, such as water. ACORNE will use an existing MoD hydrophone array, as well as develop calibration devices and signal processing techniques, to understand the potential of the detection method for the construction of future large scale neutrino telescopes.


Links :

UK project web page


Further Information :

Contact Dave Waters

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