Measurement of South Pole ice transparency with the IceCube LED calibration system

IceCube Collaboration

Measurement of South Pole ice transparency with the IceCube LED calibration system

IceCube Collaboration

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Abstract

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, approximately 1 km^3 in size, is now complete with 86 strings deployed in the Antarctic ice. IceCube detects the Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged particles passing through or created in the ice. To realize the full potential of the detector, the properties of light propagation in the ice in and around the detector must be well understood. This report presents a new method of fitting the model of light propagation in the ice to a data set of in-situ light source events collected with IceCube. The resulting set of derived parameters, namely the measured values of scattering and absorption coefficients vs. depth, is presented and a comparison of IceCube data with simulations based on the new model is shown.
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, approximately 1km^3 in size, is now complete with 86 strings deployed in the Antarctic ice. IceCube detects the Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged particles passing through or created in the ice. To realize the full potential of the detector, the properties of light propagation in the ice in and around the detector must be well understood. This report presents a new method of fitting the model of light propagation in the ice to a data set of in situ light source events collected with IceCube. The resulting set of derived parameters, namely the measured values of scattering and absorption coefficients vs. depth, is presented and a comparison of IceCube data with simulations based on the new model is shown.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-89
Number of pages	16
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Volume	711
Publication status	Published - 21 May 2013

Keywords

IceCube
South Pole Ice
Optical properties
Photon progagation

SRP8: Strategic Research Programme: High-Energy Physics at the VUB
D'Hondt, J., Van Eijndhoven, N., Craps, B. & Buitink, S.
1/11/12 → 31/10/24
Project: Fundamental

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Measurement of South Pole ice transparency with the IceCube LED calibration system

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