The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part VI: Ice Properties, Reconstruction and Future Developments
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2013
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Aartsen MG
Abbasi R
Abdou Y
Ackermann M
Adams J
Aguilar JA
Ahlers M
Altmann D
Auffenberg J
Bai X
Abstract
IceCube, the world’s largest high-energy neutrino observatory, was built at the South Pole. It consists of photomultipliers deployed 1.5-2.5 km deep into the Antarctic ice cap and detects the trajectory of charged leptons produced during high-energy neutrino interactions in the surrounding ice. The surface air shower detector IceTop located above IceCube can be used to veto the cosmic ray induced background in IceCube to measure astrophysical neutrinos from the southern sky. The implementation of the IceTop veto technique and the impact on different IceCube analyses are presented.
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Papers on ice properties, reconstruction and future developments submitted to
the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the
IceCube Collaboration.
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astro-ph.HE, IceCube, neutrino astronomy, neutrino telescopes, IceTop, PINGU, atmospheric shower veto, neutrino mass hieratchy, ice properties, event reconstruction
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Field of Research::02 - Physical Sciences::0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences