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Improved modeling of in-ice particle showers for IceCube event reconstruction
Journal of instrumentation, v 19(6), 06026
01 Jun 2024
Abstract
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory relies on an array of photomultiplier tubes to detect Cherenkov light produced by charged particles in the South Pole ice. IceCube data analyses depend on an in-depth characterization of the glacial ice, and on novel approaches in event reconstruction that utilize fast approximations of photoelectron yields. Here, a more accurate model is derived for event reconstruction that better captures our current knowledge of ice optical properties. When evaluated on a Monte Carlo simulation set, the median angular resolution for in-ice particle showers improves by over a factor of three compared to a reconstruction based on a simplified model of the ice. The most substantial improvement is obtained when including effects of birefringence due to the polycrystalline structure of the ice. When evaluated on data classified as particle showers in the high-energy starting events sample, a significantly improved description of the events is observed.
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- Improved modeling of in-ice particle showers for IceCube event reconstruction
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- R. Abbasi - Loyola University ChicagoM. Ackermann - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESYJ. Adams - University of CanterburyS. K. Agarwalla - University of Wisconsin–MadisonJ. A. Aguilar - Université Libre de BruxellesM. Ahlers - University of CopenhagenJ. M. Alameddine - TU Dortmund UniversityN. M. Amin - University of DelawareK. Andeen - Marquette UniversityG. Anton - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergC. Arguelles - Institute of Particle PhysicsY. Ashida - University of UtahS. Athanasiadou - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESYL. Ausborm - RWTH Aachen UniversityS. N. Axani - University of DelawareX. Bai - South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyV. A. Balagopal - University of Wisconsin–MadisonM. Baricevic - University of Wisconsin–MadisonS. W. Barwick - University of California, IrvineS. Bash - Technical University of MunichV. Basu - University of Wisconsin–MadisonR. Bay - University of California, BerkeleyJ. J. Beatty - The Ohio State UniversityJ. 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- Publication Details
- Journal of instrumentation, v 19(6), 06026
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Number of pages
- 31
- Grant note
- U.S. National Science Foundation-Physics Division; National Science Foundation (NSF) U.S. National Science Foundation-Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Villum Fonden Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation High Performance Computing cluster of the RWTH Aachen Compute Ontario EGI Advanced Computing for Research Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); CGIAR
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001287370400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85197534479
- Other Identifier
- 991022202501704721