Dynamic tunable notch filters for the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA)

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

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Dynamic tunable notch filters for the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA)

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

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The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is a NASA long-duration balloon experiment with the primary goal of detecting ultra-high-energy (>10¹⁸eV) neutrinos via the Askaryan Effect. The fourth ANITA mission, ANITA-IV, recently flew from Dec 2 to Dec 29, 2016. For the first time, the Tunable Universal Filter Frontend (TUFF) boards were deployed for mitigation of narrow-band, anthropogenic noise with tunable, switchable notch filters. The TUFF boards also performed second-stage amplification by approximately 45 dB to boost the ∼μV-level radio frequency (RF) signals to ∼ mV-level for digitization, and supplied power via bias tees to the first-stage, antenna-mounted amplifiers. The other major change in signal processing in ANITA-IV is the resurrection of the 90° hybrids deployed previously in ANITA-I, in the trigger system, although in this paper we focus on the TUFF boards. During the ANITA-IV mission, the TUFF boards were successfully operated throughout the flight. They contributed to a factor of 2.8 higher total instrument livetime on average in ANITA-IV compared to ANITA-III due to reduction of narrow-band, anthropogenic noise before a trigger decision is made.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	47-56
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	894
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.03.059
State	Published - Jun 21 2018

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Allison, P., Banerjee, O., Beatty, J. J., Connolly, A., Deaconu, C., Gordon, J., Gorham, P. W., Kovacevich, M., Miki, C., Oberla, E., Roberts, J., Rotter, B., Stafford, S., Tatem, K., Batten, L., Belov, K., Besson, D. Z., Binns, W. R., Bugaev, V., ... Young, R. (2018). Dynamic tunable notch filters for the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 894, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.03.059

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