Prof.
Dawn Williams
(University of Alabama)
06/08/2013, 09:00
Calibration
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...
Prof.
Per Olof Hulth
(Stockholm University)
06/08/2013, 09:30
Calibration
IceCube is a cubic kilometer scale neutrino telescope at the South Pole, Antarctica.
It consists 5160 light sensors deployed in 86 holes between 1450 meters and 2450
meters depth in the transparent ice. The holes have been drilled with a hot water
technique, creating water filled holes with a diameter of 60 cm in which the light
sensors were deployed before the water froze again. In order...
Dr
Rezo Shanidze
(DESY, Platanenallee 6 15738 Zeuthen)
06/08/2013, 10:00
Calibration
PINGU, the Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade, aims at lowering
the neutrino detection threshold of the IceCube neutrino telescope to a
few GeV by adding new in-fill strings to the existing IceCube/DeepCore
array. The main goal of the upgrade is to render the detector sensitive
to the neutrino mass hierarchy utilizing atmospheric neutrinos. Precision
reconstruction of...
