Development of a Sub-glacial Radio Telescope for the Detection of GZK Neutrinos

Thomas Meures earned his Diploma in physics at the RWTH-Aachen University in 2010 with a thesis about the reciprocity calibration of acoustic hydrophones in water and ice, written under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Christopher Wiebusch. For his PhD studies he moved from acoustic research to radio neutrino detection at the Université libre de Bruxelles with Prof. Dr. Kael Hanson. Currently he is working on new developments of electronics for astroparticle physics experiments at the University of Wisconsin.

Introduction.- The GZK Neutrino Flux.- The Askaryan Effect in Dense Media.- The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA).- The Calibration of the Ice Ray Sampler (IRS2) Chip.- The Calibration of the ARA Station Geometry.- Simulations.- Algorithms for the ARA Data Analysis.- Signal Discrimination in the ARA02-ARA03 Data.- Data Analysis Results.- Summary and Outlook.