IceCube performance with artificial light sources: The road to cascade analyses

J. Kiryluk; M. V. D'Agostino; S. R. Klein; C. Song; D. R. Williams

IceCube performance with artificial light sources: The road to cascade analyses

J. Kiryluk
, M. V. D'Agostino
, S. R. Klein
, C. Song
, D. R. Williams

Physics and Astronomy

University of California at Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pennsylvania State University

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

The IceCube one km³ neutrino observatory will collect large samples of neutrino interactions allowing for observations with small statistical errors. To make maximum use of this statistical power, it is also being designed to minimize systematic errors, via a variety of different calibration techniques. LED and laser light sources are a key part of many of these calibration techniques. To a significant extent, they mimic cascade (νe) interactions, allowing fairly direct tests of cascade reconstruction techniques. This contribution will survey the light sources and discuss selected calibration studies.

Original language	English
Pages	1233-1236
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 2007
Event	30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007 - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Duration: Jul 3 2007 → Jul 11 2007

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Conference	30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Merida, Yucatan
Period	07/3/07 → 07/11/07

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IceCube performance with artificial light sources: The road to cascade analyses

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