Instrument design and performance of the first seven stations of RNO-G
astro-ph.IM
/ Authors
S. Agarwal, J. A. Aguilar, N. Alden, S. Ali, P. Allison, M. Betts, D. Besson, A. Bishop, O. Botner, S. Bouma
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S. Buitink, R. Camphyn, M. Cataldo, S. Chiche, B. A. Clark, A. Coleman, K. Couberly, S. de Kockere, K. D. de Vries, C. Deaconu, C. Glaser, T. Glüsenkamp, A. Hallgren, S. Hallmann, J. C. Hanson, B. Hendricks, J. Henrichs, N. Heyer, C. Hornhuber, K. Hughes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, C. Kerr
/ Abstract
The Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) is the first in-ice radio array in the northern hemisphere for the detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos via the coherent radio emission from neutrino-induced particle cascades within the ice. The array is currently in phased construction near Summit Station on the Greenland ice sheet, with 7~stations deployed during the first two boreal summer field seasons of 2021 and 2022. In this paper, we describe the installation and system design of these initial RNO-G stations, and discuss the performance of the array as of summer 2024.