Investigation of Electromagnetic and Muonic Air-Shower Components using IceTop Simulations

IceCube Collaboration

doi:10.22323/1.501.0424

Investigation of Electromagnetic and Muonic Air-Shower Components using IceTop Simulations

IceCube Collaboration

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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory studies cosmic-ray initiated extensive air showers (EASs) using the IceTop surface array, which is sensitive to the electromagnetic component and low-energy (∼ GeV) muonic component of EASs. The contribution from the two components is reconstructed on an event-by-event basis by simultaneously fitting separate lateral distribution functions (LDFs) for both the electromagnetic and muonic components of each shower. In this work, we demonstrate the ability of the two-component LDF reconstruction to recreate the muon distribution in IceTop accurately. The parameters characterizing the reconstructed muonic LDF can vary significantly based on the choice of hadronic interaction model. Thus, the dependence of the reconstructed muon LDF and other parameters on the hadronic interaction models is investigated.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	424
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	501
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/1.501.0424
State	Published - Dec 30 2025
Event	39th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2025 - Geneva, Switzerland Duration: Jul 15 2025 → Jul 24 2025

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Investigation of Electromagnetic and Muonic Air-Shower Components using IceTop Simulations

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