Related papers: IceTop - Cosmic Ray Physics with IceCube

Measurement of the Anisotropy of Cosmic Ray Arrival Directions with IceCube

We report the first observation of an anisotropy in the arrival direction of cosmic rays with energies in the multi TeV region in the Southern sky using data from the IceCube detector. Between June 2007 and March 2008, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-06 The IceCube Collaboration , R. Abbasi

Design and Performance of the first IceAct Demonstrator at the South Pole

In this paper we describe the first results of a compact imaging air-Cherenkov telescope, IceAct, operating in coincidence with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (IceCube) at the geographic South Pole. An array of IceAct telescopes (referred…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 M. G. Aartsen , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , C. Alispach , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , I. Ansseau , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , T. C. Arlen , J. Auffenberg , S. Axani , P. Backes , H. Bagherpour , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , A. Barbano , I. Bartos , S. W. Barwick , B. Bastian , V. Baum , S. Baur , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , C. Bohm , M. Bohmer , M. Börner , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , E. Bourbeau , J. Bourbeau , F. Bradascio , J. Braun , S. Bron , J. Brostean-Kaiser , A. Burgman , J. Buscher , R. S. Busse , T. Carver , C. Chen , E. Cheung , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , K. Clark , L. Classen , A. Coleman , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , P. Dave , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , H. Dembinski , K. Deoskar , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , A. Diaz , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , H. Dujmovic , M. Dunkman , M. A. DuVernois , E. Dvorak , B. Eberhardt , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , R. Engel , J. J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , K. Farrag , A. R. Fazely , J. Felde , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , S. Garrappa , A. Gartner , L. Gerhardt , R. Gernhaeuser , K. Ghorbani , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Grant , Z. Griffith , S. Griswold , M. Günder , M. Gündüz , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , R. Halliday , L. Halve , F. Halzen , K. Hanson , J. Haugen , A. Haungs , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , P. Heix , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , F. Henningsen , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , B. Hoffmann , R. Hoffmann , T. Hoinka , B. Hokanson-Fasig , K. Holzapfel , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , T. Huber , T. Huege , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , K. Jero , B. J. P. Jones , F. Jonske , R. Joppe , O. Kalekin , D. Kang , W. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , T. Katori , U. Katz , M. Kauer , A. Keivani , J. L. Kelley , A. Kheirandish , J. Kim , T. Kintscher , J. Kiryluk , T. Kittler , S. R. Klein , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , C. B. Krauss , K. Krings , G. Krückl , N. Kulacz , N. Kurahashi , A. Kyriacou , M. Labare , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , K. Leonard , A. Leszczyńska , M. Leuermann , Q. R. Liu , E. Lohfink , J. LoSecco , C. J. Lozano Mariscal , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , J. Lünemann , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , W. Y. Ma , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , P. Mallik , K. Mallot , S. Mancina , S. Mandalia , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , R. Maunu , F. McNally , K. Meagher , M. Medici , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , T. Menne , G. Merino , T. Meures , J. Micallef , D. Mockler , G. Momenté , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , R. Morse , M. Moulai , P. Muth , R. Nagai , P. Nakarmi , U. Naumann , G. Neer , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , M. Oehler , A. Olivas , A. O'Murchadha , E. O'Sullivan , T. Palczewski , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , L. Papp , N. Park , P. Peiffer , C. Pérez de los Heros , T. C. Petersen , S. Philippen , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , J. L. Pinfold , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , A. Porcelli , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , A. Raissi , M. Rameez , L. Rauch , K. Rawlins , I. C. Rea , R. Reimann , B. Relethford , M. Renschler , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Richman , M. Riegel , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk , I. Safa , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , P. Sandstrom , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , P. Schlunder , T. Schmidt , A. Schneider , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , M. H. Shaevitz , S. Shefali , M. Silva , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , D. Soldin , S. Söldner-Rembold , M. Song , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , R. Stein , P. Steinmüller , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , N. L. Strotjohann , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , A. Taketa , H. K. M. Tanaka , F. Tenholt , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , L. Tomankova , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , M. Tselengidou , C. F. Tung , A. Turcati , R. Turcotte , C. F. Turley , B. Ty , E. Unger , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , M. Usner , J. Vandenbroucke , W. Van Driessche , D. van Eijk , N. van Eijndhoven , S. Vanheule , J. van Santen , D. Veberic , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , A. Wallace , M. Wallraff , N. Wandkowsky , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , A. Weindl , M. J. Weiss , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , B. J. Whelan , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , L. Wille , D. R. Williams , L. Wills , M. Wolf , J. Wood , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , G. Wrede , S. Wren , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , Y. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , T. Yuan , M. Zöcklein , T. Bretz , L. Rädel , S. Schoenen , J. Schumacher

IceCube - status and recent results

In May 2011, the IceCube neutrino observatory with one cubic kilometer instrumented volume started full operation with 5160 sensors on 86 strings and 324 sensors on 162 IceTop detectors. The fine-tuning of operation and calibration of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Karle

Neutrino Physics with the IceCube Detector

IceCube is a cubic kilometer neutrino telescope under construction at the South Pole. The primary goal is to discover astrophysical sources of high energy neutrinos. We describe the detector and present results on atmospheric muon neutrinos…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Kiryluk

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

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-23 IceCube Collaboration , M. G. Aartsen , R. Abbasi , Y. Abdou , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , D. Altmann , J. Auffenberg , X. Bai , M. Baker , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , S. Bechet , J. Becker Tjus , K. -H. Becker , M. Bell , M. L. Benabderrahmane , S. BenZvi , J. Berdermann , P. Berghaus , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , A. Bernhard , D. Bertrand , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , J. Blumenthal , D. J. Boersma , S. Bohaichuk , C. Bohm , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , L. Brayeur , A. M. Brown , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , S. Buitink , M. Carson , J. Casey , M. Casier , D. Chirkin , B. Christy , K. Clark , F. Clevermann , S. Cohen , D. F. Cowen , A. H. Cruz Silva , M. Danninger , J. Daughhetee , J. C. Davis , C. De Clercq , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , M. de With , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dunkman , R. Eagan , B. Eberhardt , J. Eisch , R. W. Ellsworth , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , O. Fadiran , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , J. Feintzeig , T. Feusels , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , T. Fischer-Wasels , S. Flis , A. Franckowiak , R. Franke , K. Frantzen , T. Fuchs , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , L. Gerhardt , L. Gladstone , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , G. Golup , J. A. Goodman , D. Góra , D. Grant , A. Groß , M. Gurtner , C. Ha , A. Haj Ismail , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , K. Hanson , D. Heereman , P. Heimann , D. Heinen , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , S. Hickford , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , A. Homeier , K. Hoshina , W. Huelsnitz , P. O. Hulth , K. Hultqvist , S. Hussain , A. Ishihara , E. Jacobi , J. Jacobsen , G. S. Japaridze , K. Jero , O. Jlelati , B. Kaminsky , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , J. L. Kelley , J. Kiryluk , F. Kislat , J. Kläs , S. R. Klein , J. -H. Köhne , G. Kohnen , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , M. Krasberg , G. Kroll , J. Kunnen , N. Kurahashi , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , H. Landsman , M. J. Larson , M. Lesiak-Bzdak , J. Leute , J. Lünemann , J. Madsen , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. S. Matis , F. McNally , K. Meagher , M. Merck , P. Mészáros , T. Meures , S. Miarecki , E. Middell , N. Milke , J. Miller , L. Mohrmann , T. Montaruli , R. Morse , R. Nahnhauer , U. Naumann , H. Niederhausen , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke , S. Odrowski , A. Olivas , M. Olivo , A. O'Murchadha , L. Paul , J. A. Pepper , C. Pérez de los Heros , C. Pfendner , D. Pieloth , N. Pirk , J. Posselt , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , L. Rädel , K. Rawlins , P. Redl , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Ribordy , M. Richman , B. Riedel , J. P. Rodrigues , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , B. Ruzybayev , D. Ryckbosch , S. M. Saba , T. Salameh , H. -G. Sander , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , K. Schatto , M. Scheel , F. Scheriau , T. Schmidt , M. Schmitz , S. Schoenen , S. Schöneberg , L. Schönherr , A. Schönwald , A. Schukraft , L. Schulte , O. Schulz , D. Seckel , S. H. Seo , Y. Sestayo , S. Seunarine , C. Sheremata , M. W. E. Smith , M. Soiron , D. Soldin , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , A. Stasik , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , E. A. Strahler , R. Ström , G. W. Sullivan , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , A. Tamburro , S. Ter-Antonyan , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , S. Toscano , M. Usner , D. van der Drift , N. van Eijndhoven , A. Van Overloop , J. van Santen , M. Vehring , M. Voge , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , T. Waldenmaier , M. Wallraff , R. Wasserman , Ch. Weaver , M. Wellons , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , H. Wissing , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , C. Xu , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , P. Zarzhitsky , J. Ziemann , S. Zierke , A. Zilles , M. Zoll

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory III: Cosmic Rays

Cosmic rays and related measurements: IceTop overview; IceTop calibration; Cosmic ray composition; Air shower measurements; Studies of cosmic ray muons; Studies of PeV gamma rays; Cosmic ray anisotropy; Forbush decrease; Submitted papers to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 The IceCube Collaboration

IceCube Science

We discuss the status of the kilometer-scale neutrino detector IceCube and its low energy upgrade Deep Core and review its scientific potential for particle physics. We subsequently appraise IceCube's potential for revealing the enigmatic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-10-08 Francis Halzen

Measuring the Muon Content of Air Showers with IceTop

IceTop, the surface component of the IceCube detector, has been used to measure the energy spectrum of cosmic ray primaries in the range between 1.58 PeV and 1.26 EeV. It can also be used to study the low energy muons in air showers by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Javier G. Gonzalez

Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with IceCube

The cubic kilometer IceCube neutrino telescope now operating at the South Pole in a near complete configuration observes the neutrino sky with an unprecedented sensitivity to galactic and extra-galactic cosmic ray accelerators. Within the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 M. Ribordy

Neutrino Astrophysics and Galactic Cosmic Ray Anisotropy in IceCube

The IceCube Observatory is a kilometer-cube neutrino telescope under construction at the South Pole and planned to be completed in early 2011. When completed it will consist of 5,160 Digital Optical Modules (DOMs) which detect Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Paolo Desiati

IceCube: The Cubic Kilometer Neutrino Telescope at the South Pole

Search for ultra high-energy neutrino induced reactions, as part of a comprehensive probe of the neutrino sky and also investigation of the particle nature of the dark matter, with unique sensitivity to cold dark matter particles are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 A. R. Fazely

Neutrino Astronomy with IceCube and Beyond

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer neutrino telescope located at the geographic South Pole. Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged secondary particles from neutrino interactions is observed by IceCube using an array of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-01 Kevin J. Meagher

Neutrino searches with the IceCube telescope

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is an array of 5,160 photomultipliers (PMTs) deployed on 86 strings at 1.5-2.5 km depth within the ice at the South Pole. The main goal of the IceCube experiment is the detection of an astrophysical neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Juan A. Aguilar

Cosmic ray composition study using machine learning at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

The evaluation of mass composition of cosmic rays in the knee region ($\sim 3$ PeV) is critical to understanding the transition in the origin of cosmic rays from galactic to extragalactic sources. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-20 Matthias Plum

Simulation Study of the Observed Radio Emission of Air Showers by the IceTop Surface Extension

Multi-detector observations of individual air showers are critical to make significant progress to precisely determine cosmic-ray quantities such as mass and energy of individual events and thus bring us a step forward in answering the open…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-22 Alan Coleman

The Scintillator Upgrade of IceTop: Performance of the prototype array

The IceCube Collaboration foresees to upgrade IceTop, the present surface array, with scintillator detectors augmented by radio antennas. As one of several goals the scintillator detectors will be used to measure and mitigate the effects of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-28 Matt Kauer , Thomas Huber , Delia Tosi , Chris Wendt

Enhancing air-shower observations: Results from an IceCube Surface Array Prototype Station

The Surface Array Enhancement of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is set to equip the existing surface cosmic-ray array of ice-Cherenkov detectors, IceTop, with radio antennas and scintillation detectors. This can lower the energy threshold…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-03 Megha Venugopal

Latest results from the IceCube Experiment

The IceCube Collaboration is currently building the world's largest neutrino telescope at the South Pole to observe high energy neutrinos from a variety of astrophysical sources. In this paper we review the current status of the IceCube…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Anthony M Brown

Estimating the Sensitivity of IceCube-Gen2 to Cosmic Ray Mass Separation

IceCube-Gen2 is a proposed extension to the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. It will consist of three components: an in-ice optical array, a surface array on top of the optical array, and a radio array for detecting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-18 Manisha Lohan

Status and prospects of the IceCube neutrino telescope

The IceCube neutrino observatory, under construction at the South Pole, consists of three sub-detectors: a km-scale array of digital optical modules deployed deep in the ice, the AMANDA neutrino telescope and the surface array IceTop. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 E. Resconi