Calibration of the IceCube neutrino observatory
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory instruments roughly one cubic kilometer of deep, glacial ice below the geographic South Pole with 5160 optical sensors to register the Cherenkov light of passing relativistic, charged particles. Since its construction was completed in 2010, a wide range of analyses h...
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ftrwthaachenpubl:oai:publications.rwth-aachen.de:771097 2023-05-15T18:22:26+02:00 Calibration of the IceCube neutrino observatory Rongen, Martin Wiebusch, Christopher Pooth, Oliver DE 2019 https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/771097 https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-2019-09941%22 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.18154/RWTH-2019-09941 https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/771097 https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-2019-09941%22 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Aachen 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 205 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Diagramme (2019). doi:10.18154/RWTH-2019-09941 = Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University, 2019 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 Doppelbrechung Eis IceCube detector calibration ps light source info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftrwthaachenpubl https://doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-2019-09941 2023-04-09T22:54:50Z The IceCube Neutrino Observatory instruments roughly one cubic kilometer of deep, glacial ice below the geographic South Pole with 5160 optical sensors to register the Cherenkov light of passing relativistic, charged particles. Since its construction was completed in 2010, a wide range of analyses has been performed. Those include, among others, the discovery of a high energetic astrophysical neutrino flux, competitive measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters and world-leading limits on dark matter detection. With ever-increasing statistics the influence of insufficiently known aspects of the detector performance start to limit the potential gain of future analyses. This thesis presents calibration studies on both the hardware characteristics as well as the optical properties of the instrumented ice. Improving the knowledge of the detector systematics and the methods to study them does not only aid IceCube but also inform the design of potential future IceCube extensions. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis South pole RWTH Aachen University: RWTH Publications South Pole |
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory instruments roughly one cubic kilometer of deep, glacial ice below the geographic South Pole with 5160 optical sensors to register the Cherenkov light of passing relativistic, charged particles. Since its construction was completed in 2010, a wide range of analyses has been performed. Those include, among others, the discovery of a high energetic astrophysical neutrino flux, competitive measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters and world-leading limits on dark matter detection. With ever-increasing statistics the influence of insufficiently known aspects of the detector performance start to limit the potential gain of future analyses. This thesis presents calibration studies on both the hardware characteristics as well as the optical properties of the instrumented ice. Improving the knowledge of the detector systematics and the methods to study them does not only aid IceCube but also inform the design of potential future IceCube extensions. |
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Aachen 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 205 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Diagramme (2019). doi:10.18154/RWTH-2019-09941 = Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University, 2019 |
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