A prototype station of the IceCube-Gen2 Surface Array at the Pierre Auger Observatory

IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration; Pierre Auger Collaboration

doi:10.22323/1.501.0428

A prototype station of the IceCube-Gen2 Surface Array at the Pierre Auger Observatory

IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration
, Pierre Auger Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy

Loyola University Chicago
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
German Electron Synchrotron
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
University of Canterbury
Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Université libre de Bruxelles
Observatorio Pierre Auger
University of Copenhagen
Universidade de São Paulo
TU Dortmund University
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
University of Kansas
Université Grenoble Alpes
University of Delaware
University of Siegen
Marquette University
RWTH Aachen University
Harvard University
Adelaide University
University of Utah
National Institute for Astrophysics
Michigan State University
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
University of California at Irvine
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Technical University of Munich
Universidade Federal do Paraná
University of California at Berkeley
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Ohio State University
Ruhr University Bochum
Chalmers University of Technology
Departamento de Investigaciones en Láseres y sus Aplicaciones
University of Groningen
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica
Uppsala University
University of Rome Tor Vergata
University of Rochester
University of Maryland, College Park
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro
University of Padua
University of Leeds
University of Alabama
University of Milan
Charles University
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Georgia Institute of Technology
CONICET-UBA)
Queen's University Kingston
Palacký University Olomouc
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Drexel University

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Abstract

The detection of extensive air showers using radio antennas has evolved into a mature technique, complementing particle detector arrays by providing sensitivity to the longitudinal development of the showers and enabling an independent determination of the cosmic-ray energy. Both the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina and the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole have been undergoing upgrades, including the integration of radio antennas. The next-generation neutrino detector IceCube-Gen2 will also feature a surface array for PeV-EeV cosmic-ray detection, consisting of scintillation detectors and radio antennas. Prototype stations for this upgrade have been in operation for several years at both, the South Pole and the Auger Observatory, enabling cross-checks and potentially a cross-calibration of the energy scales between the two experiments. In this contribution, we present an analysis of air showers observed with the radio antennas of the IceCube-Gen2 prototype station, coinciding with detections by the water-Cherenkov detectors of the densest part of the Pierre Auger Observatory’s surface array, featuring a 433 m spacing.

Original language	English
Article number	428
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	501
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/1.501.0428
State	Published - Dec 30 2025
Event	39th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2025 - Geneva, Switzerland Duration: Jul 15 2025 → Jul 24 2025

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A prototype station of the IceCube-Gen2 Surface Array at the Pierre Auger Observatory

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