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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, instrumenting about 1 km$^3$ of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole, is due to be enhanced with the IceCube Upgrade. The IceCube Upgrade, to be deployed during the 2025/26 Antarctic summer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , S. K. Agarwalla , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , J. M. Alameddine , S. Ali , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Athanasiadou , S. N. Axani , R. Babu , X. Bai , J. Baines-Holmes , A. Balagopal V. , S. W. Barwick , S. Bash , V. Basu , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , P. Behrens , J. Beise , C. Bellenghi , B. Benkel , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , E. Blaufuss , L. Bloom , S. Blot , I. Bodo , F. Bontempo , J. Y. Book Motzkin , C. Boscolo Meneguolo , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , J. Braun , B. Brinson , Z. Brisson-Tsavoussis , R. T. Burley , D. Butterfield , M. A. Campana , K. Carloni , J. Carpio , S. Chattopadhyay , N. Chau , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , B. A. Clark , A. Coleman , P. Coleman , G. H. Collin , D. A. Coloma Borja , A. Connolly , J. M. Conrad , R. Corley , D. F. Cowen , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado , T. Delmeulle , S. Deng , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , S. DiKerby , M. Dittmer , A. Domi , L. Draper , L. Dueser , D. Durnford , K. Dutta , M. A. DuVernois , T. Ehrhardt , L. Eidenschink , A. Eimer , P. Eller , E. Ellinger , D. Elsässer , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , W. Esmail , S. Eulig , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , K. Farrag , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , S. Fukami , P. Fürst , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , M. Garcia , G. Garg , E. Genton , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glüsenkamp , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , A. Granados , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , M. Gravois , S. Griffin , S. Griswold , K. M. Groth , D. Guevel , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Ha , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , L. Halve , F. Halzen , L. Hamacher , M. Ha Minh , M. Handt , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , J. Häußler , K. Helbing , J. 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Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , K. -H. Sulanke , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , A. Thakuri , P. Theobald , M. Thiesmeyer , W. G. Thompson , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , P. Trevarrow , A. Trettin , A. K. Upadhyay , K. Upshaw , A. Vaidyanathan , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Valverde , J. Vandenbroucke , T. Van Eeden , N. van Eijndhoven , L. Van Rootselaar , J. van Santen , J. Vara , F. Varsi , M. Venugopal , M. Vereecken , S. Vergara Carrasco , S. Verpoest , D. Veske , A. Vijai , J. Villarreal , C. Walck , A. Wang , E. H. S. Warrick , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , J. Weldert , A. Y. Wen , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , L. Witthaus , M. Wolf , G. Wrede , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , Y. Yao , E. Yildizci , S. Yoshida , R. Young , F. Yu , S. Yu , T. Yuan , A. Zegarelli , S. Zhang , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin , P. Zilberman

Performance Study of the IceCube Upgrade Camera System

The IceCube Upgrade Camera System is a novel calibration system designed to calibrate the IceCube detector by measuring the optical properties of the Antarctic ice. The system comprises nearly 2,000 cameras and illumination LEDs, which are…

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D-Egg: a Dual PMT Optical Module for IceCube

The D-Egg, an acronym for ``Dual optical sensors in an Ellipsoid Glass for Gen2,'' is one of the optical modules designed for future extensions of the IceCube experiment at the South Pole. The D-Egg has an elongated-sphere shape to maximize…

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De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado López , H. Dembinski , K. Deoskar , A. Desai , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , T. DeYoung , A. Diaz , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dittmer , A. Domi , H. Dujmovic , M. A. DuVernois , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , S. Fiedlschuster , A. T. Fienberg , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , P. Fürst , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , S. Garrappa , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , N. Goehlke , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , T. Grégoire , S. Griffin , S. Griswold , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , R. Halliday , L. Halve , F. Halzen , H. Hamdaoui , M. Ha Minh , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , K. Helbing , J. Hellrung , F. Henningsen , L. Heuermann , S. Hickford , A. Hidvegi , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , K. Hoshina , W. Hou , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , K. Hymon , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , M. Jansson , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , M. Jin , B. J. P. Jones , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , L. Kardum , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , A. Kheirandish , K. Kin , J. Kiryluk , S. R. Klein , A. Kochocki , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kovacevich , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , K. Kruiswijk , E. Krupczak , A. Kumar , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , N. Lad , C. Lagunas Gualda , M. Lamoureux , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , J. W. Lee , K. Leonard DeHolton , A. Leszczyńska , M. Lincetto , Q. R. Liu , M. Liubarska , E. Lohfink , C. Love , C. J. Lozano Mariscal , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , A. Ludwig , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , W. Y. Ma , J. Madsen , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , S. Mancina , W. Marie Sainte , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , M. Marsee , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , F. Mayhew , T. McElroy , F. McNally , J. V. Mead , K. Meagher , S. Mechbal , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , Y. Merckx , L. Merten , T. Meures , J. Micallef , D. Mockler , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , Y. Morii , R. Morse , M. Moulai , T. Mukherjee , R. Naab , R. Nagai , U. Naumann , J. Necker , M. Neumann , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , A. Noell , S. C. Nowicki , A. Obertacke Pollmann , M. Oehler , B. Oeyen , A. Olivas , R. Orsoe , J. Osborn , E. O'Sullivan , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , N. Park , G. K. Parker , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , J. Peterson , S. Philippen , S. Pieper , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , Y. Popovych , M. Prado Rodriguez , B. Pries , R. Procter-Murphy , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , J. Rack-Helleis , K. Rawlins , Z. Rechav , A. Rehman , P. Reichherzer , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , S. Reusch , W. Rhode , M. Richman , B. Riedel , E. J. Roberts , S. Robertson , S. Rodan , G. Roellinghoff , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , L. Ruohan , D. Ryckbosch , S. Athanasiadou , I. Safa , J. Saffer , D. Salazar-Gallegos , P. Sampathkumar , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , P. Sandstrom , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , J. Savelberg , P. Savina , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , B. Schlüter , T. Schmidt , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , G. Schwefer , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , A. Sharma , S. Shefali , N. Shimizu , S. Shimizu , M. Silva , B. Skrzypek , B. Smithers , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , A. Søgaard , D. Soldin , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , R. Stein , T. Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , W. G. Thompson , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , C. F. Tung , R. Turcotte , J. P. Twagirayezu , B. Ty , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , K. Upshaw , N. 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Impact of Hole-ice Calibration on High Energy Event Reconstruction with the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Upgrade, currently under construction at the geographic South Pole, is the next development stage of the IceCube detector. It will consist of seven new columns of novel optical sensors and advanced calibration devices densely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-10 Kaustav Dutta , Tianlu Yuan , Steve Sclafani , Sarah Mancina

A next-generation optical sensor for IceCube-Gen2

For the in-ice component of the next generation neutrino observatory at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2, a new sensor module is being developed, which is an evolution of the D-Egg and mDOM sensors developed for the IceCube Upgrade. The sensor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-16 Vedant Basu , Aya Ishihara , Markus Dittmer , Nobuhiro Shimizu

Camera Calibration for the IceCube Upgrade and Gen2

An upgrade to the IceCube Neutrino Telescope is currently under construction. For this IceCube Upgrade, seven new strings will be deployed in the central region of the 86 string IceCube detector to enhance the capability to detect neutrinos…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 Woosik Kang , Jiwoong Lee , Gerrit Roellinghoff , Carsten Rott , Christoph Tönnis

Electronics Development for the New Photo-Detectors (PDOM and D-Egg) for IceCube-Upgrade

The planned IceCube-Upgrade will enhance the capability of IceCube in the detection of GeV-scale neutrino physics and enable an improved measurement of the properties of the glacial ice. Three types of new optical sensors will be deployed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-04 Ryo Nagai , Aya Ishihara

Operations plans and sensitivities of the IceCube Upgrade Camera System

The IceCube Upgrade consists of seven new strings to be deployed in the central region of the existing IceCube detector. The goals of the IceCube Upgrade are two-fold: to enhance sensitivity to neutrinos in the GeV range, and to improve the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-15 Steven Rodan , Christoph Tönnis , Jiwoong Lee , Carsten Rott

Status and performance of mass-produced IceCube Upgrade mDOMs

IceCube Upgrade, starting in the Antarctic summer season 2025/2026, will enhance the sensitivity of the current IceCube in the GeV range and improve understanding of the ice properties. Around 700 new modules will be deployed deep in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-11 Satoshi Fukami

Performance of the D-Egg Optical Sensor for the IceCube Upgrade

New optical sensors called the "D-Egg" have been developed for cost-effective instrumentation for the IceCube Upgrade. With two 8-inch high quantum efficient photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), they offer increased effective photocathode area…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-23 Colton Hill , Maximillian Meier , Ryo Nagai , Ken'ichi Kin , Nobuhiro Shimizu , Aya Ishihara , Shigeru Yoshida , Tyler Anderson , Jim Braun , Aaron Fienberg , Jeff Weber

The IceCube Upgrade -- Design and Science Goals

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole has reached a number of milestones in the field of neutrino astrophysics. The achievements of IceCube include the discovery of a high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux, and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-27 Aya Ishihara

The Optical Sensor for IceCube-Gen2

An innovative optical module (OM) with segmented light-sensitive area has been developed for IceCube-Gen2 that will take neutrino astronomy at the South Pole to the next level. It builds on the successful features of the mDOM and D-Egg…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-14 Alexander Kappes

The camera system for the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer volume neutrino detector installed in the Antarctic at the geographic South Pole. Neutrinos are detected through the observation of Cherenkov light from charged relativistic particles…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-22 Woosik Kang , Christoph Tönnis , Carsten Rott

A new simulation framework for IceCube Upgrade calibration using IceCube Upgrade Camera system

Currently, an upgrade consisting of seven densely instrumented strings in the center of the volume of the IceCube detector with new digital optical modules (DOMs) is being built. On each string, DOMs will be regularly spaced with a vertical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-14 Christoph Tönnis , Seowon Choi , Carsten Rott , Minyeong Seo , Jiwoong Lee

Mechanical design of the optical modules intended for IceCube-Gen2

IceCube-Gen2 is an expansion of the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole that aims to increase the sensitivity to high-energy neutrinos by an order of magnitude. To this end, about 10,000 new optical modules will be installed,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-22 Yuya Makino

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

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

POCAM in the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole instruments a gigaton of glacial Antarctic ice with over 5000 photosensors. The detector, by now running for over a decade, will be upgraded with seven new densely instrumented…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 Nikhita Khera , Felix Henningsen

Development of the New Optical Sensor for IceCube-Gen2

A new digital optical module (DOM) has been developed for the proposed expansion to the IceCube detector at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2. The "Gen2-DOM" has 4 times the integrated photon sensitivity of the current IceCube DOMs and has built…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-13 Delaney Butterfield , Chris Wendt

Deployment of the IceCube Upgrade Camera System in the SPICEcore hole

IceCube is a cubic-kilometer scale neutrino telescope located at the geographic South Pole. The detector utilizes the extremely transparent Antarctic ice as a medium for detecting Cherenkov radiation from neutrino interactions. While the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-23 Christoph Tönnis , Danim Kim , Anna Pollmann , Carsten Rott