Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector
The IceCube neutrino detector is a cubic kilometer TeV to PeV neutrino detector under construction at the geographic South Pole. The dominant population of neutrinos detected in IceCube is due to meson decay in cosmic-ray air showers. These atmospheric neutrinos are relatively well understood and se...
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ftuloxford:oai:ora.ox.ac.uk:uuid:3042b6f9-69eb-440d-9e0d-68a383bcdecd 2023-05-15T18:22:17+02:00 Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector Achterberg, A Ackermann, M Adams, J Ahrens, J Andeen, K Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baret, B Barwick, S Bay, R Beattie, K Becka, T Becker, J Becker, K Beimforde, M Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, D Blaufuss, E Boersma, D Bohm, C Bolmont, J Boeser, S 2016-07-28 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.027101 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3042b6f9-69eb-440d-9e0d-68a383bcdecd eng eng doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.027101 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3042b6f9-69eb-440d-9e0d-68a383bcdecd https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.027101 info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess Journal article 2016 ftuloxford https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.027101 2022-06-28T20:09:03Z The IceCube neutrino detector is a cubic kilometer TeV to PeV neutrino detector under construction at the geographic South Pole. The dominant population of neutrinos detected in IceCube is due to meson decay in cosmic-ray air showers. These atmospheric neutrinos are relatively well understood and serve as a calibration and verification tool for the new detector. In 2006, the detector was approximately 10% completed, and we report on data acquired from the detector in this configuration. We observe an atmospheric neutrino signal consistent with expectations, demonstrating that the IceCube detector is capable of identifying neutrino events. In the first 137.4 days of live time, 234 neutrino candidates were selected with an expectation of 211±76.1(syst) ±14.5(stat) events from atmospheric neutrinos. © 2007 The American Physical Society. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole ORA - Oxford University Research Archive South Pole Physical Review D 76 2 |
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The IceCube neutrino detector is a cubic kilometer TeV to PeV neutrino detector under construction at the geographic South Pole. The dominant population of neutrinos detected in IceCube is due to meson decay in cosmic-ray air showers. These atmospheric neutrinos are relatively well understood and serve as a calibration and verification tool for the new detector. In 2006, the detector was approximately 10% completed, and we report on data acquired from the detector in this configuration. We observe an atmospheric neutrino signal consistent with expectations, demonstrating that the IceCube detector is capable of identifying neutrino events. In the first 137.4 days of live time, 234 neutrino candidates were selected with an expectation of 211±76.1(syst) ±14.5(stat) events from atmospheric neutrinos. © 2007 The American Physical Society. |
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Achterberg, A Ackermann, M Adams, J Ahrens, J Andeen, K Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baret, B Barwick, S Bay, R Beattie, K Becka, T Becker, J Becker, K Beimforde, M Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, D Blaufuss, E Boersma, D Bohm, C Bolmont, J Boeser, S |
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Achterberg, A Ackermann, M Adams, J Ahrens, J Andeen, K Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baret, B Barwick, S Bay, R Beattie, K Becka, T Becker, J Becker, K Beimforde, M Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, D Blaufuss, E Boersma, D Bohm, C Bolmont, J Boeser, S Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector |
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Achterberg, A Ackermann, M Adams, J Ahrens, J Andeen, K Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baret, B Barwick, S Bay, R Beattie, K Becka, T Becker, J Becker, K Beimforde, M Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, D Blaufuss, E Boersma, D Bohm, C Bolmont, J Boeser, S |
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Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector |
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Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector |
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Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector |
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Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector |
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Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector |
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detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the icecube 9-string detector |
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