%0 Journal Article %1 Boser2007a %A Boeser, S. %A Bohm, C. %A Descamps, F. %A Fischer, J. %A Hallgren, A. %A Heller, R. %A Hundertmark, S. %A Krieger, K. %A Nahnhauer, R. %A Pohl, M. %A Price, P. B. %A Sulanke, K.-H. %A and J. Vandenbroucke, %D 2007 %J J. Phys. Conf. Ser. %K DESY acoustic, high-energy, icecube, neutrino, pole, south spats, %P 012016 %R 10.1088/1742-6596/81/1/012016 %T The South Pole acoustic test setup: Calibrations and lake test %V 81 %X In order to detect the small neutrino uxes expected at ultra-high energies, large volumes of materials have to be instrumented with inexpensive but sensitive acoustic sensors. The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) will be installed in the Antarctic ice during the polar season 2006/2007 after which the collected data will be used to reveal the acoustic properties of the South Polar ice cap. The developed piezoceramic based ultrasound sensors and transmitters that are part of this system have been extensively studied during calibration measurements in water, using a commercial hydrophone as reference. Also, a SPATS system test was accomplished in Lake Tornetrask, Abisko (Sweden). This allowed verication of the DAQ system, transmitter range and sensor performance. Here the results of the calibrations and the Abisko lake measurements are reported.

@article{Boser2007a, abstract = {In order to detect the small neutrino uxes expected at ultra-high energies, large volumes of materials have to be instrumented with inexpensive but sensitive acoustic sensors. The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) will be installed in the Antarctic ice during the polar season 2006/2007 after which the collected data will be used to reveal the acoustic properties of the South Polar ice cap. The developed piezoceramic based ultrasound sensors and transmitters that are part of this system have been extensively studied during calibration measurements in water, using a commercial hydrophone as reference. Also, a SPATS system test was accomplished in Lake Tornetrask, Abisko (Sweden). This allowed verication of the DAQ system, transmitter range and sensor performance. Here the results of the calibrations and the Abisko lake measurements are reported.}, added-at = {2009-03-11T17:29:05.000+0100}, author = {Boeser, S. and Bohm, C. and Descamps, F. and Fischer, J. and Hallgren, A. and Heller, R. and Hundertmark, S. and Krieger, K. and Nahnhauer, R. and Pohl, M. and Price, P. B. and Sulanke, K.-H. and and J. Vandenbroucke}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24a828c5febc18601684833e1931fbaee/jfischer}, doi = {10.1088/1742-6596/81/1/012016}, interhash = {d31669b0421facf725c0ab6380a97ddd}, intrahash = {4a828c5febc18601684833e1931fbaee}, journal = {J. Phys. Conf. Ser.}, keywords = {DESY acoustic, high-energy, icecube, neutrino, pole, south spats,}, pages = 012016, slaccitation = {%%CITATION = 00462,81,012016;%%}, timestamp = {2009-03-11T17:31:24.000+0100}, title = {The South Pole acoustic test setup: Calibrations and lake test}, volume = 81, year = 2007 }