IceTop: The surface component of IceCube
IceTop, the surface component of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, is an air shower array with an area of 1 km2. The detector allows a detailed exploration of the mass composition of primary cosmic rays in the energy range from about 100 TeV to 1 EeV by exploiting the correlation b...
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ftunivadelaidedl:oai:digital.library.adelaide.edu.au:2440/80256 2023-05-15T18:22:17+02:00 IceTop: The surface component of IceCube Hill, G. 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80256 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.067 en eng Elsevier Science BV ARC Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 2013; 700:188-220 0168-9002 1872-9576 http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80256 doi:10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.067 © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.067 IceCube IceTop Cosmic rays Air shower Detector Journal article 2013 ftunivadelaidedl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.067 2023-02-05T19:20:31Z IceTop, the surface component of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, is an air shower array with an area of 1 km2. The detector allows a detailed exploration of the mass composition of primary cosmic rays in the energy range from about 100 TeV to 1 EeV by exploiting the correlation between the shower energy measured in IceTop and the energy deposited by muons in the deep ice. In this paper we report on the technical design, construction and installation, the trigger and data acquisition systems as well as the software framework for calibration, reconstruction and simulation. Finally the first experience from commissioning and operating the detector and the performance as an air shower detector will be discussed. The IceCube Collaboration . G.C. Hill . et al. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole The University of Adelaide: Digital Library South Pole Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 700 188 220 |
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IceTop, the surface component of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, is an air shower array with an area of 1 km2. The detector allows a detailed exploration of the mass composition of primary cosmic rays in the energy range from about 100 TeV to 1 EeV by exploiting the correlation between the shower energy measured in IceTop and the energy deposited by muons in the deep ice. In this paper we report on the technical design, construction and installation, the trigger and data acquisition systems as well as the software framework for calibration, reconstruction and simulation. Finally the first experience from commissioning and operating the detector and the performance as an air shower detector will be discussed. The IceCube Collaboration . G.C. Hill . et al. |
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