Hybrid cosmic ray measurements using the IceAct telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube and IceTop detectors
IceAct is a proposed surface array of compact (50 cm diameter) and cost-effective Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes installed at the site of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole. Since January 2019, two IceAct telescope demonstrators, featuring 61 silicon pho- tomultiplier (S...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.2108.05572 2023-05-15T18:22:57+02:00 Hybrid cosmic ray measurements using the IceAct telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube and IceTop detectors Paul, Larissa Plum, Matthias Schaufel, Merlin Bretz, Thomas Do, Giang Hewitt, John W. Maslowski, Frank Rehbein, Florian Schäfer, Johannes Zink, Adrian 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2108.05572 https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05572 unknown arXiv arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena astro-ph.HE Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM FOS Physical sciences Article CreativeWork article Preprint 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2108.05572 2022-03-10T13:46:38Z IceAct is a proposed surface array of compact (50 cm diameter) and cost-effective Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes installed at the site of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole. Since January 2019, two IceAct telescope demonstrators, featuring 61 silicon pho- tomultiplier (SiPM) pixels have been taking data in the center of the IceTop surface array during the austral winter. We present the first analysis of hybrid cosmic ray events detected by the IceAct imaging air-Cherenkov telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, includ- ing the IceTop surface array and the IceCube in-ice array. By featuring an energy threshold of about 10 TeV and a wide field-of-view, the IceAct telescopes show promising capabilities of im- proving current cosmic ray composition studies: measuring the Cherenkov light emissions in the atmosphere adds new information about the shower development not accessible with the current detectors, enabling significantly better primary particle type discrimination on a statistical basis. The hybrid measurement also allows for detailed feasibility studies of detector cross-calibration and of cosmic ray veto capabilities for neutrino analyses. We present the performance of the telescopes, the results from the analysis of two years of data, and an outlook of a hybrid simulation for a future telescope array. : Presented at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021). See arXiv:2107.06966 for all IceCube contributions Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Austral South Pole |
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IceAct is a proposed surface array of compact (50 cm diameter) and cost-effective Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes installed at the site of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole. Since January 2019, two IceAct telescope demonstrators, featuring 61 silicon pho- tomultiplier (SiPM) pixels have been taking data in the center of the IceTop surface array during the austral winter. We present the first analysis of hybrid cosmic ray events detected by the IceAct imaging air-Cherenkov telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, includ- ing the IceTop surface array and the IceCube in-ice array. By featuring an energy threshold of about 10 TeV and a wide field-of-view, the IceAct telescopes show promising capabilities of im- proving current cosmic ray composition studies: measuring the Cherenkov light emissions in the atmosphere adds new information about the shower development not accessible with the current detectors, enabling significantly better primary particle type discrimination on a statistical basis. The hybrid measurement also allows for detailed feasibility studies of detector cross-calibration and of cosmic ray veto capabilities for neutrino analyses. We present the performance of the telescopes, the results from the analysis of two years of data, and an outlook of a hybrid simulation for a future telescope array. : Presented at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021). See arXiv:2107.06966 for all IceCube contributions |
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Paul, Larissa Plum, Matthias Schaufel, Merlin Bretz, Thomas Do, Giang Hewitt, John W. Maslowski, Frank Rehbein, Florian Schäfer, Johannes Zink, Adrian |
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Paul, Larissa Plum, Matthias Schaufel, Merlin Bretz, Thomas Do, Giang Hewitt, John W. Maslowski, Frank Rehbein, Florian Schäfer, Johannes Zink, Adrian |
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Hybrid cosmic ray measurements using the IceAct telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube and IceTop detectors |
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Hybrid cosmic ray measurements using the IceAct telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube and IceTop detectors |
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Hybrid cosmic ray measurements using the IceAct telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube and IceTop detectors |
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Hybrid cosmic ray measurements using the IceAct telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube and IceTop detectors |
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Hybrid cosmic ray measurements using the IceAct telescopes in coincidence with the IceCube and IceTop detectors |
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