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Article, 2024

Improved modeling of in-ice particle showers for IceCube event reconstruction

Journal of Instrumentation, ISSN 1748-0221, Volume 19, 6, 10.1088/1748-0221/19/06/P06026

Contributors

Abbasi R. 0000-0001-6141-4205 [1] Ackermann M. 0000-0001-8952-588X [2] Adams J. [3] Agarwalla S.K. 0000-0002-9714-8866 [4] Aguilar J.A. 0000-0003-2252-9514 [5] Ahlers M. 0000-0003-0709-5631 [6] Alameddine J.M. 0000-0002-9534-9189 [7] Amin N.M. [8] Andeen K. 0000-0001-9394-0007 Anton G. 0000-0003-2039-4724 [9] Arguelles C. 0000-0003-4186-4182 [10] Ashida Y. 0000-0003-4136-2086 [11] Athanasiadou S. [2] Ausborm L. [12] Axani S. 0000-0001-8866-3826 [8] Bai X. 0000-0002-1827-9121 [13] Balagopal A.V. 0000-0001-5367-8876 Baricevic M. Barwick S.W. 0000-0003-2050-6714 [14] Bash S. [15] Basu V. 0000-0002-9528-2009 Bay R. [16] Beatty J.J. 0000-0003-0481-4952 [17] Becker Tjus J. 0000-0002-1748-7367 [18] [19] Beise J. 0000-0002-7448-4189 [20] Bellenghi C. 0000-0001-8525-7515 [15] Benning C. [12] BenZvi S. 0000-0001-5537-4710 [21] Berley D. Bernardini E. 0000-0003-3108-1141 [22] Besson D.Z. 0000-0001-6733-963X [23] Blaufuss E. 0000-0001-5450-1757 Blot S. 0000-0003-1089-3001 [2] Bontempo F. 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Affiliations

  1. [1] Loyola University Chicago
    2. [NORA names: United States; America, North; OECD];
  2. [2] DESY
    3. [NORA names: Germany; Europe, EU; OECD];
  3. [3] University of Canterbury
    4. [NORA names: New Zealand; Oceania; OECD];
  4. [4] Institute of Physics
    5. [NORA names: India; Asia, South];
  5. [5] Université Libre de Bruxelles
    6. [NORA names: Belgium; Europe, EU; OECD];

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.

Keywords

Cherenkov detectors, Neutrino detectors, Simulation methods, programs

Funders

  • Helmholtz Association
  • Initiative and Networking Fund
  • European Commission
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
  • U.S. National Science Foundation-Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Villum Fonden
  • FWO
  • Digital Research Alliance of Canada
  • National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation
  • Marquette University
  • Marsden Fund
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • National Research Foundation
  • Chiba University
  • Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid
  • Nvidia
  • U.S. National Science Foundation-Physics Division
  • Carlsbergfondet
  • EGI
  • Danish Natural Science Research Council
  • Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
  • Google
  • Australian Research Council
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
  • U.S. National Science Foundation-EPSCoR
  • Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
  • Swedish Research Council

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