Simulation and sensitivities for a phased IceCube-Gen2 deployment

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory opened the window on high-energy neutrino astronomy by confirming the existence of PeV astrophysical neutrinos and identifying the first compelling astrophysical neutrino source in the blazar TXS0506+056. Planning is underway to build an enlarged detector, IceCube-Ge...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: The IceCube Gen2 Collaboration, Clark, Brian, Abbasi, Rasha, Ackermann, Markus, Adams, Jenni, Aguilar, Juanan, Ahlers, M., Ahrens, Maryon, Alispach, Cyril Martin, Allison, Patrick, Alves Junior, Antonio Augusto, Amin, Najia Moureen Binte, An, Rui, Andeen, Karen, Anderson, Tyler, Anton, Gisela, Arguelles, Carlos, Arlen, Tim, Ashida, Yosuke, Axani, Spencer, Bai, Xinhua, Balagopal V., Aswathi, Barbano, Anastasia Maria, Bartos, I., Barwick, S. W., Bastian, Benjamin, Basu, Vedant, Baur, Sebastian, Bay, R. C., Beatty, J. J., Becker, K.-H., Becker Tjus, Julia, Bellenghi, Chiara, BenZvi, Segev, Berley, D., Bernardini, Elisa, Besson, D. Z., Binder, Gary, Bindig, Daniel, Bishop, Abigail, Blaufuss, E., Blot, Summer, Boddenberg, Matthias, Bohmer, Michael, Bontempo, Federico, Borowka, Jurgen, Boser, S., Botner, Olga, Bottcher, Jakob, Bourbeau, Etienne, Bradascio, Federica, Braun, J., Bron, Stephanie, Brostean-Kaiser, Jannes, Browne, Sally-Ann, Burgman, Alexander, Burley, Ryan, Busse, Raffaela, Campana, Michael, Carnie-Bronca, Erin, Cataldo, Maddalena, Chen, Chujie, Chirkin, Dmitry, Choi, Koun, Clark, Kenneth, Clark, Rogan, Classen, Lew, Coleman, Alan, Collin, Gabriel, Connolly, Amy, Conrad, J. M., Coppin, Paul, Correa, Pablo, Cowen, D. F., Cross, R., Dappen, Christian, Dave, Pranav, Deaconu, Cosmin, Clercq, Catherine De, De Kockere, Simon, DeLaunay, James, Dembinski, Hans, Deoskar, Kunal, De Ridder, Sam, Desai, Abhishek, Desiati, Paolo, Vries, Krijn De, Wasseige, Gwenhaël de, De With, Meike, DeYoung, Tyce, Dharani, Sukeerthi, Diaz, Alejandro, Diaz-Velez, Juan Carlos, Dittmer, Markus, Dujmovic, Hrvoje, Dunkman, Matt, DuVernois, Michael, Dvorak, Emily, Ehrhardt, Thomas, Eller, Philipp, Engel, Ralph, Erpenbeck, Hannah, Evans, John, Evenson, P. A., Fan, Kwok Lung, Farrag, K., Fazely, A. R., Fiedlschuster, Sebastian, Fienberg, Aaron, Filimonov, Kirill, Finley, Chad, Fischer, Leander, Fox, Derek B., Franckowiak, Anna, Friedman, Elizabeth, Fritz, Alexander, Furst, Philipp, Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, Jay, Ganster, Erik, Garcia, Alfonso, Garrappa, Simone, Gartner, Andreas, Gerhardt, L., Gernhaeuser, Roman, Ghadimi, Ava, Giri, Pawan, Glaser, Christian, Glauch, Theo, Glusenkamp, Thorsten, Goldschmidt, A., Gonzalez, Javier, Goswami, Sreetama, Grant, Darren, Grégoire, Timothée, Griswold, Spencer, Gunduz, Mehmet, Günther, Christoph, Haack, Christian, Hallgren, Allan, Halliday, R., Hallmann, Steffen, Halve, L., Halzen, F., Ha Minh, Martin, Hanson, Kael, Hardin, John, Harnisch, Alexander A., Haugen, Jim, Haungs, Andreas, Hauser, Simon, Hebecker, Dustin, Heinen, Dirk, Helbing, K., Hendricks, Brian, Henningsen, Felix, Hettinger, Emma C., Hickford, Stephanie, Hignight, Joshua, Hill, Colton, Hill, G. C., Hoffman, Kara, Hoffmann, Benjamin, Hoffmann, Ruth, Hoinka, Tobias, Hokanson-Fasig, Benjamin, Holzapfel, Killian, Hoshina, K., Huang, Feifei, Huber, Matthias, Huber, Thomas, Huege, Tim, Hughes, Kaeli, Hultqvist, Klas, Hunnefeld, Mirco, Hussain, Raamis, In, Seongjin, Iovine, Nadège, Ishihara, Aya, Jansson, Matti, Japaridze, George, Jeong, Minjin, Jones, Ben, KALEKIN, Oleg, Kang, Donghwa, Kang, Woosik, Kang, Xinyue, Kappes, Alexander, Kappesser, David, Karg, Timo, Karl, Martina, Karle, A., Katori, Teppei, Katz, U., Kauer, M., Keivani, A., Kellermann, Moritz, Kelley, J. L., Kheirandish, Ali, Kin, Ken'ichi, Kintscher, Thomas, Kiryluk, Joanna, Klein, Spencer, Koirala, Ramesh, Kolanoski, Hermann, Kontrimas, Tomas, Kopke, Lutz, Kopper, Claudio, Kopper, Sandro, Koskinen, D. J., Koundal, Paras, Kovacevich, Michael, Kowalski, Marek, Kozynets, Tetiana, Krauss, Carsten, Kravchenko, Ilya, Krebs, Ryan, Kun, Emma, Kurahashi, Naoko, Lad, Neha, Lagunas Gualda, Cristina, Lanfranchi, Justin, Larson, M. J., Lauber, Frederik Hermann, Lazar, Jeffrey, Lee, Jiwoong, Leonard, Kayla, Leszczyńska, Agnieszka, Li, Yijia, Lincetto, Massimiliano, Liu, Qinrui, Liubarska, Maria, Lohfink, Elisa, LoSecco, John, Lozano Mariscal, Cristian Jesus, Lu, Lu, Lucarelli, Francesco, Ludwig, Andrew, Luszczak, William, Lyu, Yang, Ma, Wing Yan, Madsen, James, Mahn, Kendall, Makino, Yuya, Mancina, Sarah, Mandalia, S., Maris, Ioana Codrina, Marka, Szabolcs, Marka, Zsuzsa, Maruyama, Reina H., Mase, K., McElroy, Thomas, McNally, Frank, Mead, James Vincent, Meagher, K., Medina, Andres, Meier, Maximilian, Meighen-Berger, Stephan, Meyers, Zackary, Micallef, Jessie, Mockler, Daniela, Montaruli, Teresa, Moore, Roger, Morse, R., Moulai, Marjon, Naab, Richard, Nagai, Ryo, Naumann, Uwe, Necker, Jannis, Nelles, Anna, Nguyen, Le Viet, Niederhausen, Hans, Nisa, Mehr, Nowicki, Sarah, Nygren, Dave, Oberla, Eric, Obertacke Pollmann, Anna, Oehler, Marie, Olivas, A., Omeliukh, Anastasiia, O'Sullivan, Erin, Pandya, Hershal, Pankova, Daria, Papp, Laszlo, Park, Nahee, Parker, Grant, Paudel, Ek Narayan, Paul, Larissa, Perez de los Heros, Carlos, Peters, Lilly, Petersen, Troels, Peterson, Josh, Philippen, Saskia, Pieloth, Damian, Pieper, Sarah, Pinfold, James, Pittermann, Martin, Pizzuto, A., Plaisier, Ilse, Plum, M., Popovych, Yuiry, Porcelli, Alessio, Prado Rodriguez, Maria, Price, P. Buford, Pries, Brandom, Przybylski, Gerald, Pyras, Lilly, Raab, Christoph, Raissi, Amirreza, Rameez, Mohamed, Rawlins, K., Rea, Immacolata Carmen, Rehman, Abdul, Reichherzer, Patrick, Reimann, René, Renzi, Giovanni, Resconi, Elisa, Reusch, Simeon, Rhode, Wolfgang, Richman, Mike, Riedel, Benedikt, Riegel, Michael, Roberts, Ella, Robertson, Sally, Roellinghoff, Gerrit, Rongen, Martin, Rott, Carsten, Ruhe, Tim, Ryckbosch, Dirk, Rysewyk Cantu, Devyn, Safa, Ibrahim, Saffer, Julian, Sanchez Herrera, Sebastian, Sandrock, Alexander, Sandroos, Joakim, Sandstrom, P., Santander, Marcos, Sarkar, Subir, Sarkar, Sourav, Satalecka, Konstancja, Scharf, Maximilian Karl, Schaufel, Merlin, Schieler, Harald, Schindler, Sebastian, Schlunder, P., Schmidt, Torsten, Schneider, Austin, Schneider, Judith, Schröder, Frank G., Schumacher, Lisa Johanna, Schwefer, Georg, Sclafani, Steve, Seckel, D., Seunarine, Surujhdeo, Shaevitz, M. H., Sharma, Ankur, Shefali, Shefali, Silva, Manuel, Skrzypek, Barbara, Smith, Daniel, Smithers, Ben, Snihur, Robert, Soedingrekso, Jan, Soldin, Dennis, SOLDNER-REMBOLD, Stefan, Southall, Daniel, Spannfellner, Christian, Spiczak, Glenn, Spiering, Christian, Stachurska, Juliana, Stamatikos, Michael, Stanev, T., Stein, Robert, Stettner, Joeran, Steuer, A., Stezelberger, T., Sturwald, Timo, Stuttard, Thomas, Sullivan, G. W., Taboada, I., Taketa, Akimichi, Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Tenholt, Frederik, Ter-Antonyan, Samvel, Tilav, S., Tischbein, Franziska, Tollefson, Kirsten, Tomankova, Lenka, Tönnis, Christoph, Torres, Jorge, Toscano, Simona, Tosi, Delia, Trettin, Alexander, Tselengidou, Maria, Tung, Chunfai, Turcati, Andrea, Turcotte, Roxanne, Turley, Colin, Twagirayezu, Jean Pierre, Ty, Bunheng, Unland Elorrieta, Martin, Valtonen-Mattila, Nora, Vandenbroucke, Justin, Eijndhoven, Nick Van, Vannerom, David, Santen, Jakob Van, Veberic, Darko, Verpoest, Stef, Vieregg, Abigail G., Vraeghe, Matthias, Walck, C., Watson, Timothyblake, Weaver, Chris, Weigel, Philip, Weindl, Andreas, Weinstock, Lars Steffen, Weiss, Matthew, Weldert, Jan, Welling, Christoph, Wendt, Chris, Werthebach, Johannes, Weyrauch, Mark, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, Dawn, Wissel, Stephanie, Wolf, Martin, Woschnagg, Kurt, Wrede, Gerrit, Wren, Steven, Wulff, Johan, Xu, Xianwu, Xu, Yiqian, Yanez, Juan Pablo, Yoshida, S., Yu, Shiqi, Yuan, Tianlu, Zhang, Zelong, Zierke, Simon
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati 2021
Subjects:
Online Access:https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000138630
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000138630/128567631
https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000138630
Description
Summary:The IceCube Neutrino Observatory opened the window on high-energy neutrino astronomy by confirming the existence of PeV astrophysical neutrinos and identifying the first compelling astrophysical neutrino source in the blazar TXS0506+056. Planning is underway to build an enlarged detector, IceCube-Gen2, which will extend measurements to higher energies, increase the rate of observed cosmic neutrinos and provide improved prospects for detecting fainter sources. IceCube-Gen2 is planned to have an extended in-ice optical array, a radio array at shallower depths for detecting ultra-high-energy (>100 PeV) neutrinos, and a surface component studying cosmic rays. In this contribution, we will discuss the simulation of the in-ice optical component of the baseline design of the IceCube-Gen2 detector, which foresees the deployment of an additional ∼120 new detection strings to the existing 86 in IceCube over ∼7 Antarctic summer seasons. Motivated by the phased construction plan for IceCube-Gen2, we discuss how the reconstruction capabilities and sensitivities of the instrument are expected to progress throughout its deployment.