Focusing factor in a stratified medium

Sodha, M. S.; Sirohi, R. S.; Chakravarti, A. N.

doi:10.1088/0022-3727/2/4/317

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“…This equation differs from that in Avva and others (2015) by the inclusion of the focusing factor, which arises from the amplification of field strength from propagation in the firn (Sodha and others, 1969). The addition of the focusing factor modifies the Avva and others (2015) bulk attenuation result from to m. We assume that the firn has an index of refraction varying linearly with the ice density profile ρ ( z ) at Summit Station (Kovacs and others, 1995).…”

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In situ, broadband measurement of the radio frequency attenuation length at Summit Station, Greenland

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Over the last 25 years, radiowave detection of neutrino-generated signals, using cold polar ice as the neutrino target, has emerged as perhaps the most promising technique for detection of extragalactic ultra-high energy neutrinos (corresponding to neutrino energies in excess of 0.01 Joules, or 1017 electron volts). During the summer of 2021 and in tandem with the initial deployment of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G), we conducted radioglaciological measurements at Summit Station, Greenland to refine our understanding of the ice target. We report the result of one such measurement, the radio-frequency electric field attenuation length $L_\alpha$ . We find an approximately linear dependence of $L_\alpha$ on frequency with the best fit of the average field attenuation for the upper 1500 m of ice: $\langle L_\alpha \rangle = ( ( 1154 \pm 121) - ( 0.81 \pm 0.14) \, ( \nu /{\rm MHz}) ) \,{\rm m}$ for frequencies ν ∈ [145 − 350] MHz.

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