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Design and performance of the multi-PMT optical module for IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Upgrade is the first step towards the next-generation neutrino observatory at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2, and will be installed in the central region of the existing array. The Upgrade will consist of 693 newly developed,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 T. Anderson , L. Classen , A. T. Fienberg , S. Mechbal , J. Schneider , K. -H. Sulanke , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , C. Wendt

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

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

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

Performance studies for a next-generation optical sensor for IceCube-Gen2

We present performance studies of a segmented optical module for the IceCube-Gen2 detector. Based on the experience gained in sensor development for the IceCube Upgrade, the new sensor will consist of up to eighteen 4 inch PMTs housed in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 Nobuhiro Shimizu , Aya Ishihara , Alexander Kappes

Electronics Design of the IceCube-Gen2 Optical Module Prototype

IceCube-Gen2 is a planned extension to the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory and will provide an order of magnitude increase in the detection rate of cosmic neutrinos by deploying ~10,000 sensors in a volume of ~8 cubic kilometers. As…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-08 Sean Griffin

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

Calibration LEDs in the IceCube Upgrade D-Egg Modules

The IceCube Upgrade, planned for deployment in the 2022/2023 South Pole Summer, will involve deployment of a greater density of optical modules (vertically spaced ~3 m). Improvements in the calibration of optical sensors and an enhanced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-30 Aya Ishihara , Ayumi Kiriki

A multi-PMT Optical Module for the IceCube Upgrade

Following the first observation of an astrophysical high-energy neutrino flux with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in 2013 and the identification of a first cosmic high-energy neutrino source in 2017, the detector will be upgraded with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-29 Lew Classen , Alexander Kappes , Timo Karg

Design of an Efficient, High-Throughput Photomultiplier Tube Testing Facility for the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Upgrade is an extension of the IceCube detector at the geographic South Pole. It consists of seven new strings with novel instrumentation. More than 430 multi-PMT optical modules called "mDOMs", housing 24 3-inch PMTs each, will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-22 Lasse Halve , Johannes Werthebach

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

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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The LED calibration systems for the mDOM and D-Egg sensor modules of the IceCube Upgrade

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…

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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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Characterization of Two PMT Models for the IceCube Upgrade mDOM

The IceCube Upgrade will expand the IceCube Neutrino Observatory with nearly 800 new optical modules. A large fraction of these will be multi-PMT optical modules (mDOMs), featuring 24 PMTs pointing uniformly in all directions, providing an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-23 D. van Eijk , J. Schneider , M. Unland

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

Performance studies on new 4" photomultiplier types intended for IceCube-Gen2 optical modules

In the upcoming IceCube-Gen2 extension, the newly developed optical modules will include 4-inch PMTs. For this purpose, the manufacturers Hamamatsu and North Night Vision Technology have developed new PMT models to meet the requirements of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-28 Markus Dittmer , Alexander Kappes

The next generation neutrino telescope: IceCube-Gen2

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino detector at the geographic South Pole, has reached a number of milestones in the field of neutrino astrophysics: the discovery of a high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-21 Aya Ishihara

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

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