HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements

S. Prohira; A. Novikov; D. Z. Besson; K. Ratzlaff; J. Stockham; M. Stockham; J. M. Clem; R. Young; P. W. Gorham; P. Allison; O. Banerjee; L. Batten; J. J. Beatty; K. Belov; W. R. Binns; V. Bugaev; P. Cao; C. Chen; P. Chen; A. Connolly; L. Cremonesi; B. Dailey; C. Deaconu; P. F. Dowkontt; B. D. Fox; J. Gordon; C. Hast; B. Hill; R. Hupe; M. H. Israel; J. Kowalski; J. Lam; J. G. Learned; K. M. Liewer; T. C. Liu; A. Ludwig; S. Matsuno; C. Miki; M. Mottram; K. Mulrey; J. Nam; R. J. Nichol; E. Oberla; B. F. Rauch; J. Roberts; A. Romero-Wolf; B. Rotter; J. Russell; D. Saltzberg; H. Schoorlemmer; D. Seckel; S. Stafford; B. Strutt; K. Tatem; G. S. Varner; A. G. Vieregg; S. A. Wissel; F. Wu

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092

HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements

S. Prohira
, A. Novikov
, D. Z. Besson
, K. Ratzlaff
, J. Stockham
, M. Stockham
, J. M. Clem
, R. Young
, P. W. Gorham
, P. Allison
, O. Banerjee
, L. Batten
, J. J. Beatty
, K. Belov
, W. R. Binns
, V. Bugaev
, P. Cao
, C. Chen
, P. Chen
, A. Connolly

L. Cremonesi, B. Dailey, C. Deaconu, P. F. Dowkontt, B. D. Fox, J. Gordon, C. Hast, B. Hill, R. Hupe, M. H. Israel, J. Kowalski, J. Lam, J. G. Learned, K. M. Liewer, T. C. Liu, A. Ludwig, S. Matsuno, C. Miki, M. Mottram, K. Mulrey, J. Nam, R. J. Nichol, E. Oberla, B. F. Rauch, J. Roberts, A. Romero-Wolf, B. Rotter, J. Russell, D. Saltzberg, H. Schoorlemmer, D. Seckel, S. Stafford, B. Strutt, K. Tatem, G. S. Varner, A. G. Vieregg, S. A. Wissel, F. Wu

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The NASA supported High-Altitude Calibration (HiCal)-2 instrument flew as a companion balloon to the ANITA-4 experiment in December 2016. Based on a high-voltage (HV) discharge pulser producing radio-frequency (RF) calibration pulses, HiCal-2 comprised two payloads, which flew for a combined 18 days, covering 1.5 revolutions of the Antarctic continent. ANITA-4 captured over 10,000 pulses from HiCal-2, both direct and reflected from the surface, at distances varying from 100–700 km, providing a large dataset for surface reflectivity measurements. Herein we present details on the design, construction and performance of HiCal-2.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	60-66
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	918
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092
State	Published - Feb 21 2019

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Antarctica
High-voltage
Ice properties
Pulse
Pulser
Radio

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Prohira, S., Novikov, A., Besson, D. Z., Ratzlaff, K., Stockham, J., Stockham, M., Clem, J. M., Young, R., Gorham, P. W., Allison, P., Banerjee, O., Batten, L., Beatty, J. J., Belov, K., Binns, W. R., Bugaev, V., Cao, P., Chen, C., Chen, P., ... Wu, F. (2019). HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 918, 60-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092

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HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements. / Prohira, S.; Novikov, A.; Besson, D. Z. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 918, 21.02.2019, p. 60-66.

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Prohira S, Novikov A, Besson DZ, Ratzlaff K, Stockham J, Stockham M et al. HiCal 2: An instrument designed for calibration of the ANITA experiment and for Antarctic surface reflectivity measurements. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2019 Feb 21;918:60-66. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.092

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