Cosmic Ray Measurements with IceCube

• Published in: Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
• Main Authors: Kolanoski, Hermann, IceCube Collaboration
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inst. of Physics, Jagellonian Univ. 2022
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530; IceCube; cosmic radiation; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/482416; https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/search?p=id:%22PUBDB-2022-04765%22

We report on measurements of cosmic rays in the energy range between some 100TeV and about 1 EeV using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The IceCube facility combines the in-ice detector with the 1-km2 surface detector IceTop. The combination offers a unique possibility to study the air-shower development at the surface together with the highenergy muons and neutrinos generated in the first interactions in the upper atmosphere. The report gives an overview of experimental results and a discussion of their impact on the understanding of cosmic rays and of hadronic air-shower models. Finally, we briefly discuss the ongoing upgrade activities for the current surface detector and for the future extensions (IceCube-Gen2).