Latest Cosmic Ray Results from IceTop and IceCube

• Published in: EPJ Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: Andeen Karen, Plum Matthias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2019
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921003005; https://doaj.org/article/071d99322b7c40f1bb8310a4433dcedc

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole, with its surface array IceTop, detects three different components of extensive air showers: the total signal at the surface, low energy muons on the periphery of the showers, and high energy muons in the deep In Ice array of IceCube. These measurements enable determination of the energy spectrum and composition of cosmic rays from PeV to EeV energies, the anisotropy in the distribution of cosmic ray arrival directions, the muon density of cosmic ray air showers, and the PeV gamma-ray flux. Furthermore, IceTop can be used as a veto for the neutrino measurements. The latest results from these IceTop analyses will be presented along with future plans.