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Peter Gorham

Professor, University of Hawaii

Ph.D., Physics, UH Manoa, 1986
 
Contact Information
Phone: (808) 956-9157
Email: Gorhamphys.hawaii.edu
WWW: Web Site

 
Research
Picture: Research
Radio Detection of High Energy Particles:
* RADHEP
* Goldstone Lunar Ultra-high energy neutrino Experiment (GLUE)
* Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA)
* Measurements of the Askaryan effect
* Measurements of salt formation radio transparency
* SalSA: Saltdome Shower Array, a Teraton Neutrino detector concept

 
KICP Publications
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012


Latest Journal Publications
  1. "The simulation of the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan radiation from cosmogenic neutrinos interacting in the Antarctic Ice", Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 14, Issue 08, pp. P08011 (2019) (Aug 2019)
  2. "Constraints on the ultrahigh-energy cosmic neutrino flux from the fourth flight of ANITA", Physical Review D, Volume 99, Issue 12, id.122001 (Jun 2019)
  3. "Fundamental Physics with High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos", Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers, no. 215; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 215 (2019) (May 2019)
  4. "Astrophysics Uniquely Enabled by Observations of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos", Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers, no. 185; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 185 (2019) (May 2019)
  5. "Comprehensive analysis of anomalous ANITA events disfavors a diffuse tau-neutrino flux origin", Physical Review D, Volume 99, Issue 6, id.063011 (Mar 2019)
  6. "Astrophysics Uniquely Enabled by Observations of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos", arXiv:1903.04334 (Mar 2019)
  7. "Fundamental Physics with High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos", arXiv:1903.04333 (Mar 2019)
  8. "The Simulation of the Sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to Askaryan Radiation from Cosmogenic Neutrinos Interacting in the Antarctic Ice", arXiv:1903.11043 (Mar 2019)
  9. "Observation of an Unusual Upward-Going Cosmic-Ray-like Event in the Third Flight of ANITA", Physical Review Letters, Volume 121, Issue 16, id.161102 (Oct 2018)
  10. "Upward-Pointing Cosmic-Ray-like Events Observed with ANITA", arXiv:1810.00439 (Sep 2018)
  11. "Antarctic surface reflectivity calculations and measurements from the ANITA-4 and HiCal-2 experiments", Physical Review D, Volume 98, Issue 4, id.042004 (Aug 2018)
  12. "Observation of Reconstructable Radio Emission Coincident with an X-Class Solar Flare in the Askaryan Radio Array Prototype Station", arXiv:1807.03335 (Jul 2018)
  13. "Dynamic tunable notch filters for the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA)", Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, Volume 894, p. 47-56 (Jun 2018)
  14. "Constraints on the diffuse high-energy neutrino flux from the third flight of ANITA", arXiv:1803.02719 (Mar 2018)
  15. "Measurement of the real dielectric permittivity epsilon_r of glacial ice", arXiv:1712.03301 (Dec 2017)
  16. "Calibration of the logarithmic-periodic dipole antenna (LPDA) radio stations at the Pierre Auger Observatory using an octocopter", Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 12, Issue 10, pp. T10005 (2017) (Oct 2017)
  17. "Spectral calibration of the fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory", Astroparticle Physics, Volume 95, p. 44-56 (Oct 2017)
  18. "Inferences on Mass Composition and Tests of Hadronic Interactions from 0.3 to 100 EeV using the water-Cherenkov Detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory", arXiv:1710.07249 (Oct 2017)
  19. "The HiCal 2 Instrument: Calibration and Antarctic Surface Reflectivity Measurement for the ANITA Experiment", arXiv:1710.11175 (Oct 2017)
  20. "Observation of a large-scale anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays above 8 × 1018 eV", Science, Volume 357, Issue 6357, pp. 1266-1270 (2017) (Sep 2017)

Latest Conference Proceedings
  1. "Upward-Pointing Cosmic-Ray-like Events Observed with ANITA", 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference. 10-20 July, 2017. Bexco, Busan, Korea, Proceedings of Science, Vol. 301. Online at https://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=301, id.935 (Jan 2017)
  2. "Site Characterization and Detector Development for the Greenland Neutrino Observatory", Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015). 30 July - 6 August, 2015. The Hague, The Netherlands. Online at http://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=236, id.1150 (Jul 2015)
  3. "SLAC T-510: A beam-line experiment for radio emission from particle cascades in the presence of a magnetic field", Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015). 30 July - 6 August, 2015. The Hague, The Netherlands. Online at http://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=236, id.346 (Jul 2015)
  4. "Measurements, system response, and calibration of the SLAC T-510 Experiment", Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015). 30 July - 6 August, 2015. The Hague, The Netherlands. Online at http://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=236, id.342 (Jul 2015)
  5. "Modelling of radio emission in the SLAC T-510 Experiment using microscopic Geant4 simulations", Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015). 30 July - 6 August, 2015. The Hague, The Netherlands. Online at http://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=236, id.313 (Jul 2015)
  6. "Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray flux and energy measurement with ANITA", Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015). 30 July - 6 August, 2015. The Hague, The Netherlands. Online at http://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=236, id.272 (Jul 2015)
  7. "First results from the microwave air yield beam experiment (MAYBE): Measurement of GHz radiation for ultra-high energy cosmic ray detection", UHECR 2012 - International Symposium on Future Directions in UHECR Physics, CERN, Geneva, Edited by K.-H. Kampert; M. Fukushima; R. Engel; B. Pattison; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 53, id.08008 (Jun 2013)
  8. "The Microwave Air Yield Beam Experiment (MAYBE): measurement of GHz radiation for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays detection", American Physical Society, APS April Meeting 2012, March 31-Apr 3, 2012, abstract #W7.007 (Mar 2012)