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Sensitivity of the IceCube-Gen2 Surface Array for Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy Studies

  • The IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • University of Canterbury
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
  • University of Copenhagen
  • TU Dortmund University
  • University of Delaware
  • Marquette University
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Harvard University
  • University of Utah
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
  • University of California at Irvine
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Ruhr University Bochum
  • Chalmers University of Technology
  • Uppsala University
  • Technical University of Munich
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • University of Padua
  • University of Kansas
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • University of Adelaide
  • University of Münster
  • Drexel University

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Abstract

The energy of the transition from Galactic to extra-galactic origin of cosmic rays is one of the major unresolved issues of cosmic-ray physics. However, strong constraints can be obtained from studying the anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays. The sensitivity to cosmic-ray anisotropy is, in particular, a matter of statistics. Recently, the cosmic ray anisotropy measurements in the TeV to PeV energy range were updated from IceCube using 11 years of data. The IceCubeGen2 surface array will cover an area about 8 times larger than the existing IceTop surface array with a corresponding increase in statistics and capability to investigate cosmic-ray anisotropy with higher sensitivity. In this contribution, we present details on the performed simulation studies and sensitivity to the cosmic-ray anisotropy signal for the IceCube-Gen2 surface array.

Original languageEnglish
Article number354
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume444
StatePublished - Sep 27 2024
Event38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023 - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: Jul 26 2023Aug 3 2023

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