PINGU: A vision for neutrino and particle physics at the South Pole
© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) is a proposed lowenergy in-fill extension to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. With detection technology modeled closely on the successful IceCube example, PINGU will provide a 6 Mton effective mass for neutrino detecti...
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ftcdlib:qt8dd1b5k1 2023-05-15T18:22:45+02:00 PINGU: A vision for neutrino and particle physics at the South Pole Aartsen, MG Abraham, K Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Arguelles, C Arlen, TC Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bai, X Bartos, I Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH Benzvi, S Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bernhard, A Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blot, S Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M De André, JPAM De Clercq, C Del Rosendo, EP Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P De Vries, KD De Wasseige, G De With, M Deyoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC Di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evans, JJ Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L 2017-04-07 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8dd1b5k1 english eng eScholarship, University of California qt8dd1b5k1 http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8dd1b5k1 public Aartsen, MG; Abraham, K; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; et al.(2017). PINGU: A vision for neutrino and particle physics at the South Pole. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 44(5). doi:10.1088/1361-6471/44/5/054006. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8dd1b5k1 article 2017 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/44/5/054006 2018-07-13T22:57:43Z © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) is a proposed lowenergy in-fill extension to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. With detection technology modeled closely on the successful IceCube example, PINGU will provide a 6 Mton effective mass for neutrino detection with an energy threshold of a few GeV. With an unprecedented sample of over 60 000 atmospheric neutrinos per year in this energy range, PINGU will make highly competitive measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters in an energy range over an order of magnitude higher than long-baseline neutrino beam experiments. PINGU will measure the mixing parameters Θ23and Δm232, including the octant of Θ23for a wide range of values, and determine the neutrino mass ordering at 3σ median significance within five years of operation. PINGU's high precision measurement of the rate of nt appearance will provide essential tests of the unitarity of the 3 ×3 PMNS neutrino mixing matrix. PINGU will also improve the sensitivity of searches for low mass dark matter in the Sun, use neutrino tomography to directly probe the composition of the Earth's core, and improve IceCube's sensitivity to neutrinos from Galactic supernovae. Reoptimization of the PINGU design has permitted substantial reduction in both cost and logistical requirements while delivering performance nearly identical to configurations previously studied. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole University of California: eScholarship Pingu ENVELOPE(-52.017,-52.017,67.067,67.067) South Pole Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 44 5 054006 |
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© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) is a proposed lowenergy in-fill extension to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. With detection technology modeled closely on the successful IceCube example, PINGU will provide a 6 Mton effective mass for neutrino detection with an energy threshold of a few GeV. With an unprecedented sample of over 60 000 atmospheric neutrinos per year in this energy range, PINGU will make highly competitive measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters in an energy range over an order of magnitude higher than long-baseline neutrino beam experiments. PINGU will measure the mixing parameters Θ23and Δm232, including the octant of Θ23for a wide range of values, and determine the neutrino mass ordering at 3σ median significance within five years of operation. PINGU's high precision measurement of the rate of nt appearance will provide essential tests of the unitarity of the 3 ×3 PMNS neutrino mixing matrix. PINGU will also improve the sensitivity of searches for low mass dark matter in the Sun, use neutrino tomography to directly probe the composition of the Earth's core, and improve IceCube's sensitivity to neutrinos from Galactic supernovae. Reoptimization of the PINGU design has permitted substantial reduction in both cost and logistical requirements while delivering performance nearly identical to configurations previously studied. |
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Aartsen, MG Abraham, K Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Arguelles, C Arlen, TC Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bai, X Bartos, I Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH Benzvi, S Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bernhard, A Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blot, S Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M De André, JPAM De Clercq, C Del Rosendo, EP Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P De Vries, KD De Wasseige, G De With, M Deyoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC Di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evans, JJ Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L |
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Aartsen, MG Abraham, K Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Arguelles, C Arlen, TC Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bai, X Bartos, I Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH Benzvi, S Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bernhard, A Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blot, S Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M De André, JPAM De Clercq, C Del Rosendo, EP Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P De Vries, KD De Wasseige, G De With, M Deyoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC Di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evans, JJ Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L PINGU: A vision for neutrino and particle physics at the South Pole |
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Aartsen, MG Abraham, K Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Arguelles, C Arlen, TC Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bai, X Bartos, I Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH Benzvi, S Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bernhard, A Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Blot, S Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M De André, JPAM De Clercq, C Del Rosendo, EP Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P De Vries, KD De Wasseige, G De With, M Deyoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC Di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evans, JJ Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L |
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