Journal article
Improved modeling of in-ice particle showers for IceCube event reconstruction
Journal of instrumentation, Vol.19(6), P06026
06/01/2024
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/19/06/P06026
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Improved modeling of in-ice particle showers for IceCube event reconstruction
- Creators
- IceCube CollaborationR. 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 DelawareMatheus Hostert (Contributor) - Physics and Astronomy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of instrumentation, Vol.19(6), P06026
- DOI
- 10.1088/1748-0221/19/06/P06026
- ISSN
- 1748-0221
- eISSN
- 1748-0221
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2024
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984945915902771
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