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Cosmic-Ray Studies with the Surface Instrumentation of IceCube

  • The IceCube Collaboration
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • University of Canterbury
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Oskar Klein Centre
  • University of Geneva
  • University of Delaware
  • Harvard University
  • Marquette University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
  • University of California at Irvine
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Ohio State University
  • University of Wuppertal
  • Ruhr University Bochum
  • Technical University of Munich
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • University of Padua
  • University of Kansas
  • Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Uppsala University

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Abstract

IceCube is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov detector installed in deep ice at the geographic South Pole. IceCube’s surface array, IceTop, measures the electromagnetic signal and mainly low-energy muons from extensive air showers above several 100 TeV primary energy, with shower bundles and high-energy muons detected by the in-ice detector IceCube. In combination, the in-ice detector and IceTop provide unique opportunities to study cosmic rays in detail with large statistics. This contribution summarizes recent results from these studies. In addition, the IceCube-Upgrade will include a considerable enhancement of the surface detector through the installation of scintillation detectors and radio antennas and possibly small air-Cherenkov telescopes. We will discuss the results of the prototype detectors installed at the South Pole and the prospects of this enhancement as well as the surface array planned for IceCube-Gen2.

Original languageEnglish
Article number336
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume395
StatePublished - Mar 18 2022
Event37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany
Duration: Jul 12 2021Jul 23 2021

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