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PINGU: A Vision for Neutrino and Particle Physics at the South Pole

The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) is a proposed low-energy in-fill extension to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. With detection technology modeled closely on the successful IceCube example, PINGU will provide a 6Mton…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-04-10 Gen2 Collaboration

Letter of Intent: The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU)

The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) is a proposed low-energy in-fill array of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Leveraging technology proven with IceCube, PINGU will feature the world's largest effective volume for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-07 PINGU Collaboration

PINGU Sensitivity to the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy

The neutrino mass hierarchy is one of the few remaining unknown parameters in the neutrino sector and hence a primary focus of the experimental community. The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) experiment, to be co-located…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-26 The IceCube , PINGU collaboration

Development of an analysis to probe the neutrino mass ordering with atmospheric neutrinos using three years of IceCube DeepCore data

The Neutrino Mass Ordering (NMO) remains one of the outstanding questions in the field of neutrino physics. One strategy to measure the NMO is to observe matter effects in the oscillation pattern of atmospheric neutrinos above $\sim…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-02-11 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 , J. Auffenberg , S. Axani , P. Backes , H. Bagherpour , X. Bai , A. Barbano , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , C. Bohm , M. Börner , S. Böser , O. Botner , E. Bourbeau , J. Bourbeau , F. Bradascio , J. Braun , H. -P. Bretz , S. Bron , J. Brostean-Kaiser , A. Burgman , R. S. Busse , T. Carver , C. Chen , E. Cheung , D. Chirkin , K. Clark , L. Classen , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , P. Dave , J. P. A. M. de André , 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 , E. Dvorak , B. Eberhardt , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , J. J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , A. R. Fazely , J. Felde , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , S. Garrappa , L. Gerhardt , K. Ghorbani , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Grant , Z. Griffith , M. Günder , M. Gündüz , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , L. Halve , F. Halzen , K. Hanson , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , F. Henningsen , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , T. Hoinka , B. Hokanson-Fasig , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , E. Jacobi , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , K. Jero , B. J. P. Jones , W. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , 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 , K. Krings , G. Krückl , N. Kulacz , S. Kunwar , N. Kurahashi , A. Kyriacou , M. Labare , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , K. Leonard , M. Leuermann , Q. R. Liu , E. Lohfink , C. J. Lozano Mariscal , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , J. Lünemann , W. Luszczak , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , K. Mallot , S. Mancina , I. C. Mariş , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , R. Maunu , K. Meagher , M. Medici , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , T. Menne , G. Merino , T. Meures , S. Miarecki , J. Micallef , G. Momenté , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , M. Moulai , R. Nagai , R. Nahnhauer , P. Nakarmi , U. Naumann , G. Neer , H. Niederhausen , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , A. Olivas , A. O'Murchadha , E. O'Sullivan , T. Palczewski , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , N. Park , P. Peiffer , C. Pérez de los Heros , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , A. Raissi , M. Rameez , L. Rauch , K. Rawlins , I. C. Rea , R. Reimann , B. Relethford , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Richman , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk , I. Safa , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , M. Schaufel , P. Schlunder , T. Schmidt , A. Schneider , J. Schneider , L. Schumacher , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , M. Silva , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , D. Soldin , S. Söldner-Rembold , M. Song , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , A. Stasik , R. Stein , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , N. L. Strotjohann , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , M. Sutherland , I. Taboada , F. Tenholt , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , S. Tilav , L. Tomankova , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , 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 , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , A. Wallace , M. Wallraff , N. Wandkowsky , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , M. J. Weiss , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , S. Westerhoff , 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

The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, completed in December 2010 and located at the geographic South Pole, is the largest neutrino telescope in the world. IceCube includes the more densely instrumented DeepCore subarray, which increases…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-07 Dawn Williams

Combined sensitivity to the neutrino mass ordering with JUNO, the IceCube Upgrade, and PINGU

The ordering of the neutrino mass eigenstates is one of the fundamental open questions in neutrino physics. While current-generation neutrino oscillation experiments are able to produce moderate indications on this ordering, upcoming…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-02-26 Gen2 Collaboration , 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 , 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 , 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 , G. Merino , T. Meures , J. Micallef , D. Mockler , G. Momenté , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , R. Morse , M. Moulai , P. Muth , R. Nagai , 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 , 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 , J. van Santen , D. Veberic , S. Verpoest , 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 , JUNO Collaboration Members , : , T. J. C. Bezerra , T. Birkenfeld , D. Blum , M. Bongrand , A. Cabrera , Y. P. Cheng , W. Depnering , O. Dötterl , T. Enqvist , H. Enzmann , C. Genster , M. Grassi , A. S. Göttel , P. Hackspacher , C. Hagner , Y. Han , T. Heinz , P. Kampmann , P. Kuusiniemi , T. Lachenmaier , K. Loo , S. Lorenz , B. Lubsandorzhiev , L. Ludhova , Y. Malyshkin , D. Meyhöfer , L. Miramonti , A. Müller , L. J. N. Oberauer , O. Pilarczyk , H. Rebber , J. Sawatzki , M. Schever , K. Schweizer , M. Settimo , C. Sirignano , M. Smirnov , A. Stahl , H. T. J. Steiger , J. Steinmann , T. Sterr , M. R. Stock , A. Studenikin , A. Tietzsch , W. H. Trzaska , B. Viaud , C. Volpe , W. Wang , B. S. Wonsak , M. Wurm , C. Wysotzki , Y. Xu , D. Xuefeng , F. Yermia

Physics potential of the IceCube Upgrade for atmospheric neutrino oscillations

The IceCube Upgrade is an extension of the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory and will be deployed in the 2025-2026 austral summer. It will significantly improve the sensitivity of the detector to atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-17 IceCube Collaboration

PINGU and the neutrino mass hierarchy: Statistical and systematic aspects

The proposed PINGU project (Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade) is expected to collect O(10^5) atmospheric muon and electron neutrino in a few years of exposure, and to probe the neutrino mass hierarchy through its imprint on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-04-22 F. Capozzi , E. Lisi , A. Marrone

From DeepCore to PINGU: Measuring atmospheric neutrino oscillations at the South Pole

Very large volume neutrino telescopes (VLVNTs) observe atmospheric neutrinos over a wide energy range (GeV to TeV), after they travel distances as large as the Earth's diameter. DeepCore, the low energy extension of IceCube, has started…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-04-27 J. P. Yañez

Exploring the Earth matter effect with atmospheric neutrinos in ice

We study the possibility to perform neutrino oscillation tomography and to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy in kilometer-scale ice Cerenkov detectors by means of the theta13-driven matter effects which occur during the propagation of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-12-12 Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla , Tracey Li , Olga Mena , Sergio Palomares-Ruiz

Assessing the sensitivity of PINGU to effective dark matter-nucleon interactions

We calculate the sensitivity of next generation neutrino telescopes to the 28 (isoscalar and isovector) coupling constants defining the non-relativistic effective theory of (spin 1/2) dark matter (DM)-nucleon interactions. We take as a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-29 Anton Bäckström , Riccardo Catena , Carlos Pérez de los Heros

Sensitivity of the IceCube Upgrade to Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations

IceCube DeepCore, the existing low-energy extension of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, was designed to lower the neutrino detection energy threshold to the GeV range. A new extension, called the IceCube Upgrade, will consist of seven…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-31 Philipp Eller , Kayla Leonard DeHolton , Jan Weldert , Rasmus Ørsøe

Neutrino mass hierarchy determination with IceCube-PINGU

We discuss the neutrino mass hierarchy determination with atmospheric neutrinos in PINGU (Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade), based on a simulation with the GLoBES software including the full three flavor framework and parameter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-08-09 Walter Winter

Particle Physics in Ice with IceCube DeepCore

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is the world's largest high energy neutrino telescope, using the Antarctic ice cap as a Cherenkov detector medium. DeepCore, the low energy extension to IceCube, is an infill array with a fiducial volume of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 T. DeYoung

Physics Capabilities of the IceCube DeepCore Detector

IceCube-DeepCore is a compact Cherenkov detector located in the clear ice of the bottom center of the IceCube Neutrino Telescope. Its purpose is to enhance the sensitivity of IceCube for low neutrino energies (< 1 TeV) and to lower the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Christopher Wiebusch

Non-standard interactions versus planet-scale neutrino oscillations

The low-energy threshold and the large detector size of Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) can make the study on neutrino oscillations with a planet-scale baseline possible. In this task, we consider the configuration that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-25 Wei-Jie Feng , Jian Tang , Tse-Chun Wang , Yi-Xing Zhou

Boosting Neutrino Mass Ordering Sensitivity with Inelasticity for Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillation Measurement

In this letter, we study the potential of boosting the atmospheric neutrino experiments sensitivity to the neutrino mass ordering (NMO) sensitivity by incorporating inelasticity measurements. We show how this observable improves the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-02-22 Santiago Giner Olavarrieta , Miaochen Jin , Carlos A. Argüelles , Pablo Fernández , Ivan Martínez-Soler

Measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillations with very large volume neutrino telescopes

Neutrino oscillations have been probed during the last few decades using multiple neutrino sources and experimental set-ups. In the recent years, very large volume neutrino telescopes have started contributing to the field. First ANTARES…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-01-22 J. P. Yañez , A. Kouchner

Physics Reach of Atmospheric Neutrino Measurements at PINGU

The sensitivity of a huge underground water/ice Cherenkov detector, such as PINGU in IceCube, to the neutrino mass hierarchy, the atmospheric mixing angle and its octant, is studied in detail. Based on the event rate decomposition in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-18 Shao-Feng Ge , Kaoru Hagiwara

Search for neutrino point sources with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a kilometer-scale detector currently under construction at the South Pole. The full detector will comprise 5,160 photomultipliers (PMTs) deployed on 86 strings from 1.45-2.45 km deep within the ice. As of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Juan A. Aguilar