Optimization of the optical array geometry for IceCube-Gen2

The IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration

Optimization of the optical array geometry for IceCube-Gen2

The IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy

Loyola University Chicago
German Electron Synchrotron
University of Canterbury
Université libre de Bruxelles
University of Copenhagen
Oskar Klein Centre
University of Geneva
Ohio State University
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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
Columbia University
University of California at Irvine
University of California at Berkeley
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-Gen2 is a planned extension of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole designed to study the high-energy neutrino sky from TeV to EeV energies with a five times better point source sensitivity than the current IceCube detector. This is achieved by deploying 120 new strings with attached optical sensors in a pattern around IceCube that features considerably larger distances between individual strings than the ∼125 m for the existing detector. Here, we present the results of an optimization study searching for the best point source sensitivity while varying the IceCube-Gen2 string spacing between 150 m and 350 m.

Original language	English
Article number	1184
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
State	Published - Mar 18 2022
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: Jul 12 2021 → Jul 23 2021

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Optimization of the optical array geometry for IceCube-Gen2

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