Enhancement of the IceCube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer scale detector deployed in the antarctic ice, capable of detecting neutrinos of energies ranging from approximately 10 GeV to PeV and above. In addition to being a powerful neutrino observatory, IceCube is extensively involved in cosmic ray physi...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
2022
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600/148791912 https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000146600 |
id |
ftubkarlsruhe:oai:EVASTAR-Karlsruhe.de:1000146600 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftubkarlsruhe:oai:EVASTAR-Karlsruhe.de:1000146600 2023-06-11T04:05:24+02:00 Enhancement of the IceCube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array IceCube Collaboration Shefali, Shefali 2022-01-01 application/pdf https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600/148791912 https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000146600 eng eng Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati Proceedings of Science (PoS) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.22323/1.398.0055 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1824-8039 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600/148791912 https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000146600 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ISSN: 1824-8039 ddc:530 Physics info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 doc-type:conferenceObject Text info:eu-repo/semantics/article article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftubkarlsruhe https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/100014660010.22323/1.398.0055 2023-04-23T22:12:50Z The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer scale detector deployed in the antarctic ice, capable of detecting neutrinos of energies ranging from approximately 10 GeV to PeV and above. In addition to being a powerful neutrino observatory, IceCube is extensively involved in cosmic ray physics. The surface array of IceCube, IceTop, consisting of frozen water tanks equipped with photomultipliers, detects secondary particles like electrons, protons and muons from cosmic ray air showers of energies up to 1 EeV. In addition, it is also used to function as a veto for the astrophysical neutrino searches and calibration detector for the IceCube in-ice instrumentation. Despite the valuable scientific results obtained so far, the snow accumulation on top of these detectors contributes to an increased energy uncertainty in the detected signals, and consequently, the shower reconstruction. Moreover, improvements to the array are needed to understand the astrophysics of the high-energy cosmic-ray sky. Enhancing IceTop with a hybrid array of scintillation detectors and radio antennas will lower the energy threshold for air-shower measurements, provide more efficient veto capabilities, enable the separation of the electromagnetic and muonic shower components and improve the detector calibration by compensating for snow accumulation. Following the success of the first prototype station consisting of three radio antennas and eight scintillation detectors deployed at the South Pole in 2018, the production of detectors for a total 32 stations is ongoing. The deployment status, calibration methods, and science goals of the enhancement will be discussed in this contribution. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie) Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie) |
op_collection_id |
ftubkarlsruhe |
language |
English |
topic |
ddc:530 Physics info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 |
spellingShingle |
ddc:530 Physics info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 IceCube Collaboration Shefali, Shefali Enhancement of the IceCube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array |
topic_facet |
ddc:530 Physics info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 |
description |
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer scale detector deployed in the antarctic ice, capable of detecting neutrinos of energies ranging from approximately 10 GeV to PeV and above. In addition to being a powerful neutrino observatory, IceCube is extensively involved in cosmic ray physics. The surface array of IceCube, IceTop, consisting of frozen water tanks equipped with photomultipliers, detects secondary particles like electrons, protons and muons from cosmic ray air showers of energies up to 1 EeV. In addition, it is also used to function as a veto for the astrophysical neutrino searches and calibration detector for the IceCube in-ice instrumentation. Despite the valuable scientific results obtained so far, the snow accumulation on top of these detectors contributes to an increased energy uncertainty in the detected signals, and consequently, the shower reconstruction. Moreover, improvements to the array are needed to understand the astrophysics of the high-energy cosmic-ray sky. Enhancing IceTop with a hybrid array of scintillation detectors and radio antennas will lower the energy threshold for air-shower measurements, provide more efficient veto capabilities, enable the separation of the electromagnetic and muonic shower components and improve the detector calibration by compensating for snow accumulation. Following the success of the first prototype station consisting of three radio antennas and eight scintillation detectors deployed at the South Pole in 2018, the production of detectors for a total 32 stations is ongoing. The deployment status, calibration methods, and science goals of the enhancement will be discussed in this contribution. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
IceCube Collaboration Shefali, Shefali |
author_facet |
IceCube Collaboration Shefali, Shefali |
author_sort |
IceCube Collaboration |
title |
Enhancement of the IceCube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array |
title_short |
Enhancement of the IceCube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array |
title_full |
Enhancement of the IceCube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array |
title_fullStr |
Enhancement of the IceCube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array |
title_full_unstemmed |
Enhancement of the IceCube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array |
title_sort |
enhancement of the icecube surface instrumentation by a hybrid radio and scintillation detector array |
publisher |
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati |
publishDate |
2022 |
url |
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600/148791912 https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000146600 |
geographic |
Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic |
geographic_facet |
Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic |
genre |
Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole |
genre_facet |
Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole |
op_source |
ISSN: 1824-8039 |
op_relation |
Proceedings of Science (PoS) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.22323/1.398.0055 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1824-8039 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000146600/148791912 https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000146600 |
op_rights |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/100014660010.22323/1.398.0055 |
_version_ |
1768375222906388480 |