Speaker
Prof.
Dawn Williams
(University of Alabama)
Description
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is located in the ice near the
geographic South Pole. Particle showers from neutrino interactions in
the ice produce light which are detected by IceCube modules, and the
amount and pattern of deposited light are used to reconstruct the
properties of the incident neutrino. Since light is scattered and
absorbed by ice between the neutrino interaction vertex and the sensor,
understanding the propagation of light through the ice is key to IceCube
science. This talk will discuss the current status of modeling light
propagation in South Pole ice, including the recent observation of
anisotropy in the scattering, and the impact of the ice model in the
reconstruction of high-energy neutrinos observed by IceCube.
Primary author
Prof.
Dawn Williams
(University of Alabama)
