Requirements for a New Detector at the South Pole Receiving an Accelerator Neutrino Beam

• Main Authors: Tang, Jian, Winter, Walter
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2011
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph; High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena astro-ph.HE; High Energy Physics - Experiment hep-ex; FOS Physical sciences; Pingu; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1110.5908; https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.5908

There are recent considerations to increase the photomultiplier density in the IceCube detector array beyond that of DeepCore, which will lead to a lower detection threshold and a huge fiducial mass for the neutrino detection. This initiative is known as "Phased IceCube Next Generation Upgrade&...