Friday, November 16, 2012

ARA drilling Rig



ARA stands for Askaryan Radio Array. Named after Gurgen Askaryan, A soviet physicist of Armenian descent who was the first to propose the detection method of particles by the cone of radiation in microwave or radiowave produced by secondary charged particles.

This rig will drill holes for the detectors of this radio cone in the ice.

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