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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 84: Methods of astroparticle physics V

T 84.10: Talk

Thursday, April 2, 2020, 18:45–19:00, L-3.001

Development of a standard test and calibration procedure for the hardware of the Radio Neutrino Detector RNO-G — •Nora Feigl for the RNO-G collaboration — ECAP, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

The Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) will be able to detect the radio emission of neutrinos with energies above 100 PeV in the Greenland ice. RNO-G will not only observe as the first ultra-high-energy neutrino detector the Northern sky but also works as a pathfinder for the radio component of the next-generation neutrino detector IceCube-Gen2.

Starting summer 2020, 5 of the overall 35 stations of RNO-G will be installed. The hardware of these first stations is tested in spring 2020. On the basis of the experiences of these 5 stations, the second generation of hardware will be improved and IceCube-Gen2 will be designed with the knowledge and experience gained in the RNO-G project.

Reproducible and exact testing and calibration procedures are essential to evaluate the performance of the stations and make RNO-G a success. The same holds for a well-designed calibration database and suitable interfaces to store the calibration data.

In this talk the used methods and the current status of the hardware testing are presented.