Three-year performance of the IceAct telescopes at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

IceAct is an array of compact Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes at the ice surface as part of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The telescopes, featuring a camera of 61 silicon photomultipliers and fresnel-lens-based optics, are optimized to be operated in harsh environmental conditions, such as at t...

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Main Authors: IceCube, Abbasi, Rasha, Ackermann, Markus, Adams, Jenni, Agarwalla, Sanjib, Aguilar, Juanan, Ahlers, Markus, Alameddine, Jean-Marco, Amin, Najia Moureen Binte, Andeen, Karen, Anton, Gisela, Argüelles, Carlos, Ashida, Yosuke, Athanasiadou, Sofia, Axani, Spencer, Bai, Xinhua, Balagopal V, Aswathi, Baricevic, Moreno, Barwick, Steve, Basu, Vedant, Bay, Ryan, Beatty, James, Becker Tjus, Julia, Beise, Jakob, Bellenghi, Chiara, Benning, Charlotte, BenZvi, Segev, Berley, David, Bernardini, Elisa, Besson, Dave, Blaufuss, Erik, Blot, Summer, Bontempo, Federico, Book, Julia, Boscolo Meneguolo, Caterina, Boser, Sebastian, Botner, Olga, Bottcher, Jakob, Bourbeau, Etienne, Braun, Jim, Bretz, Thomas, Brinson, Bennett, Brostean-Kaiser, Jannes, Burley, Ryan T., Busse, Raffaela, Butterfield, Delaney, Campana, Michael, Carloni, Kiara, Carnie-Bronca, Erin, Chattopadhyay, Sharmistha, Chau, Thien Nhan, Chen, Chujie, Chen, Zheyang, Chirkin, Dmitry, Choi, Seowon, Clark, Brian, Classen, Lew, Coleman, Alan, Collin, Gabriel, Connolly, Amy, Conrad, Janet, Coppin, Paul, Correa, Pablo, Cowen, Doug, Dave, Pranav, Clercq, Catherine De, DeLaunay, James, Delgado Lopez, Diyaselis, Deng, Shuyang, Deoskar, Kunal, Desai, Abhishek, Desiati, Paolo, Vries, Krijn De, Wasseige, Gwenhaël De, DeYoung, Tyce, Diaz, Alejandro, Diaz-Velez, Juan Carlos, Dittmer, Markus, Domi, Alba, Dujmovic, Hrvoje, DuVernois, Michael, Ehrhardt, Thomas, Eller, Philipp, Ellinger, Enrico, Mentawi, Sharif El, Elsässer, Dominik, Engel, Ralph, Erpenbeck, Hannah, Evans, John, Evenson, Paul, Fan, Kwok Lung, Fang, Ke, Farrag, Kareem Ramadan, Fazely, Ali, Fedynitch, Anatoli, Feigl, Nora, Fiedlschuster, Sebastian, Finley, Chad, Fischer, Leander, Fox, Derek B., Franckowiak, Anna, Fritz, Alexander, Furst, Philipp, Gallagher, Jay, Ganster, Erik, Garcia, Alfonso, Gerhardt, Lisa, Ghadimi, Ava, Glaser, Christian, Glauch, Theo, Glusenkamp, Thorsten, Goehlke, Noah, Gonzalez, Javier, Goswami, Sreetama, Grant, Darren, Gray, Shannon, Gries, Oliver, Griffin, Sean, Griswold, Spencer, Groth, Kathrine Morch, Günther, Christoph, Gutjahr, Pascal, Haack, Christian, Hallgren, Allan, Halliday, Robert, Halve, Lasse, Halzen, Francis, Hamdaoui, Hassane, Ha Minh, Martin, Hanson, Kael, Hardin, John, Harnisch, Alexander, Hatch, Patrick, Haungs, Andreas, Helbing, Klaus, Hellrung, Jonas, Henningsen, Felix, Heuermann, Lars Philipp, Hewitt, John W., Heyer, Nils, Hickford, Stephanie, Hidvegi, Attila, Hill, Colton, Hill, Gary, Hoffman, Kara, Hori, Sam, Hoshina, Kotoyo, Hou, Wenjie, Huber, Thomas, Hultqvist, Klas, Hunnefeld, Mirco, Hussain, Raamis, Hymon, Karolin, In, Seongjin, Ishihara, Aya, Jacquart, Marc, Janik, Oliver, Jansson, Matti, Japaridze, George, Jeong, Minjin, Jin, Miaochen, Jones, Ben, Kang, Donghwa, Kang, Woosik, Kang, Xinyue, Kappes, Alexander, Kappesser, David, Kardum, Leonora, Karg, Timo, Karl, Martina, Karle, Albrecht, Katz, Ulì, Kauer, Matt, Kelley, John, Khatee Zathul, Arifa, Kheirandish, Ali, Kiryluk, Joanna, Klein, Spencer, Kochocki, Alina, Koirala, Ramesh, Kolanoski, Hermann, Kontrimas, Tomas, Kopke, Lutz, Kopper, Claudio, Koskinen, Jason, Koundal, Paras, Kovacevich, Michael, Kowalski, Marek, Kozynets, Tetiana, Jayakumar, Krishnamoorthi, Kruiswijk, Karlijn, Krupczak, Emmett, Kumar, Anil, Kun, Emma, Neilson, Naoko Kurahashi, Lad, Neha Navnitkumar, Lagunas Gualda, Cristina, Lamoureux, Mathieu, Larson, Michael J., Latseva, Silvia, Lauber, Frederik Hermann, Lazar, Jeffrey, Lee, Jiwoong, Leonard DeHolton, Kayla, Leszczynska, Agnieszka, Lincetto, Massimiliano, Liu, Qinrui, Liubarska, Maria, Lohfink, Elisa, Love, Christina, Lozano Mariscal, Cristian Jesus, Lu, Lu, Lucarelli, Francesco, Luszczak, William, Lyu, Yang, Madsen, Jim, Mahn, Kendall, Makino, Yuya, Manao, Elena, Mancina, Sarah, Marie Sainte, Wenceslas, Maris, Ioana Codrina, Marka, Szabolcs, Marka, Zsuzsa, Marsee, Matthew, Martinez-Soler, Ivan, Maruyama, Reina H., Mayhew, Finn, McElroy, Thomas, McNally, Frank, Mead, James Vincent, Meagher, Kevin, Mechbal, Sarah, Medina, Andres, Meier, Maximilian, Merckx, Yarno, Merten, Lukas, Micallef, Jessie, Mitchell, Justin, Montaruli, Teresa, Moore, Roger, Morii, Yasutsugu, Morse, Bob, Moulai, Marjon, Mukherjee, Tista, Naab, Richard, Nagai, Ryo, Nakos, Maxwell, Naumann, Uwe, Necker, Jannis, Negi, Akshima, Neumann, Miriam, Niederhausen, Hans, Nisa, Mehr, Noell, Andreas, Novikov, Alexander, Nowicki, Sarah, Pollmann, Anna, O'Dell, Vivian, Oehler, Marie, Oeyen, Bob, Olivas, Alex, Orsoe, Rasmus, Osborn, Jesse, O'Sullivan, Erin, Pandya, Hershal, Park, Nahee, Parker, Grant, Paudel, Ek Narayan, Paul, Larissa, Pérez de los Heros, Carlos, Peterson, Josh, Philippen, Saskia, Pizzuto, Alex, Plum, Matthias, Ponten, Axel, Popovych, Yuriy, Prado Rodriguez, Maria, Pries, Brandon, Procter-Murphy, Rachel, Przybylski, Gerald, Raab, Christoph, Rack-Helleis, John, Rawlins, Katherine, Rechav, Zoe, Rehman, Abdul, Reichherzer, Patrick, Renzi, Giovanni, Resconi, Elisa, Reusch, Simeon, Rhode, Wolfgang, Riedel, Benedikt, Rifaie, Adam, Roberts, Ella, Robertson, Sally, Rodan, Steven T., Roellinghoff, Gerrit, Rongen, Martin, Rott, Carsten, Ruhe, Tim, Ruohan, Li, Ryckbosch, Dirk, Safa, Ibrahim, Saffer, Julian, Salazar-Gallegos, Daniel, Sampathkumar, Pranav, Sanchez Herrera, Sebastian, Sandrock, Alexander, Santander, Marcos, Sarkar, Sourav, Sarkar, Subir, Savelberg, Joelle, Savina, Pierpaolo, Schaufel, Merlin, Schieler, Harald, Schindler, Sebastian, Schlickmann, Lea, Schlüter, Berit, Schlüter, Felix, Schmeisser, Nick, Schmidt, Torsten, Schneider, Judith, Schröder, Frank G., Schumacher, Lisa Johanna, Schwefer, Georg, Sclafani, Steve, Seckel, David, Seikh, Mohammad Ful Hossain, Seunarine, Suruj, Shah, Riya, Sharma, Ankur, Shefali, S., Shimizu, Nobuhiro, Silva, Manuel, Skrzypek, Barbara, Smithers, Ben, Snihur, Robert, Soedingrekso, Jan, Sogaard, Andreas, Soldin, Dennis, Soldin, Philipp, Sommani, Giacomo, Spannfellner, Christian, Spiczak, Glenn, Spiering, Christian, Stamatikos, Michael, Stanev, Todor, Stezelberger, Thorsten, Sturwald, Timo, Stuttard, Thomas, Sullivan, Greg, Taboada, Ignacio, Ter-Antonyan, Samvel, Thiesmeyer, Matthias, Thompson, Will, Thwaites, Jessie, Tilav, Serap, Tollefson, Kirsten, Tönnis, Christoph, Toscano, Simona, Tosi, Delia, Trettin, Alexander, Tung, Chun Fai, Turcotte, Roxanne, Twagirayezu, Jean Pierre, Ty, Bunheng, Unland Elorrieta, Martin, Upadhyay, Anuj Kumar, Upshaw, Karriem, Valtonen-Mattila, Nora, Vandenbroucke, Justin, Eijndhoven, Nick Van, Vannerom, David, Santen, Jakob Van, Vara, Javi, Veitch-Michaelis, Joshua, Venugopal, Megha, Vereecken, Matthias, Verpoest, Stef, Veske, Doğa, Vijai, Aishwarya, Walck, Christian, Weaver, Chris, Weigel, Philip, Weindl, Andreas, Weldert, Jan, Wendt, Chris, Werthebach, Johannes, Weyrauch, Mark, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wiebusch, Christopher, Willey, Nathan, Williams, Dawn, Witthaus, Lucas, Wolf, Annika, Wolf, Martin, Wrede, Gerrit, Xu, Xianwu, Yanez, Juan Pablo, Yildizci, Emre Burak, Yoshida, Shigeru, Young, Robert, Yu, Felix J., Yu, Shiqi, Yuan, Tianlu, Zhang, Zelong, Zhelnin, Pavel, Zimmerman, Melany, Zink, Adrian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati 2023
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Online Access:https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000163361
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000163361/151544411
https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000163361
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Summary:IceAct is an array of compact Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes at the ice surface as part of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The telescopes, featuring a camera of 61 silicon photomultipliers and fresnel-lens-based optics, are optimized to be operated in harsh environmental conditions, such as at the South Pole. Since 2019, the first two telescopes have been operating in a stereoscopic configuration in the center of IceCube's surface detector IceTop. With an energy threshold of about 10 TeV and a wide field-of-view, the IceAct telescopes show promising capabilities of improving current cosmic-ray composition studies: measuring the Cherenkov light emissions in the atmosphere adds new information about the shower development not accessible with the current detectors. First simulations indicate that the added information of a single telescope leads, e.g., to an improved discrimination between flux contributions from different primary particle species in the sensitive energy range. We review the performance and detector operations of the telescopes during the past 3 years (2020-2022) and give an outlook on the future of IceAct.