Towards the next generation of a neutrino observatory: IceCube-Gen2
Agnieszka Leszczyńska
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
Abstract: IceCube is a high-energy neutrino observatory covering a cubic-kilometre of Antarctic ice with thousands of optical modules. The observatory searches for astrophysical neutrinos to determine the origin and nature of high-energy cosmic messengers. A surface component of IceCube, IceTop, detects cosmic-ray air-showers with ice-Cherenkov tanks and constitutes a veto array for the in-ice measurements. An upcoming upgrade of IceCube, being the first stage for the next generation experiment IceCube-Gen2, consists of surface as well as in-ice extensions.
The IceTop enhancement, which foresees the installation of an array of scintillation detectors within the IceTop footprint, will improve the current measurements of cosmic rays by additionally providing a reference signal for the IceTop Cherenkov tanks. In the austral summer of 2017/18 the first prototype detectors have been installed as part of a proposed IceTop upgrade. The air-shower detection capabilities of the proposed array are being investigated with a detailed simulation study.
This talk will give an overview of the experiment as well as concentrate on the surface extension of the present IceTop array including recent activities of the KIT group.
Seminar takes place on Tuesday, April 24th 2018 at 2:00 PM
in the IEAP meeting room, Praha 2 ‐ Albertov, Horská 3a/22.
| doc. Dr. André Sopczak seminar organizer |
doc. Ing. Ivan Štekl, CSc. director of IEAP |
doc. Dr. André Sopczak IEEE CS - NPSS chair |
NUCLEAR & PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIETY CHAPTER
IEEE Czechoslovakia section
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