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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ftunivadelaidedl:oai:digital.library.adelaide.edu.au:2440/76802 2023-12-24T10:24:54+01:00 Detection of atmospheric muon neutrinos with the IceCube 9-string detector Achterberg, A. Hill, G. 2007 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2440/76802 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.027101 en eng American Physical Soc Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2007; 76(2):1-6 1550-7998 1550-2368 http://hdl.handle.net/2440/76802 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.027101 © 2007 The American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.76.027101 Journal article 2007 ftunivadelaidedl https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.02710110.1103/physrevd.76.027101 2023-11-27T23:19:42Z 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. A. Achterberg . G. C. Hill . et al. (IceCube Collaboration) Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole The University of Adelaide: Digital Library 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. A. Achterberg . G. C. Hill . et al. (IceCube Collaboration) |
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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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Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2007; 76(2):1-6 1550-7998 1550-2368 http://hdl.handle.net/2440/76802 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.027101 |
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