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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| author2 | Aguilar Sanchez, Juan Montaruli, Teresa |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | ftunivgeneve:oai:unige.ch:unige:39072 2025-01-17T00:51:43+00:00 IceTop: The surface component of IceCube IceCube Collaboration Aguilar Sanchez, Juan Montaruli, Teresa 2013 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:39072 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.067 unige:39072 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:39072 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess ISSN: 0168-9002 Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol. 700 (2013) pp. 188-220 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/500.2 IceCube IceTop Cosmic rays Air shower Detector Text Article scientifique info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2013 ftunivgeneve https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.067 2022-06-19T23:39:22Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Université de Genève: Archive ouverte UNIGE South Pole Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 700 188 220 |
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| title | IceTop: The surface component of IceCube |
| title_full | IceTop: The surface component of IceCube |
| title_fullStr | IceTop: The surface component of IceCube |
| title_full_unstemmed | IceTop: The surface component of IceCube |
| title_short | IceTop: The surface component of IceCube |
| title_sort | icetop: the surface component of icecube |
| topic | info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/500.2 IceCube IceTop Cosmic rays Air shower Detector |
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