POCAM in the IceCube Upgrade

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POCAM in the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Collaboration

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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 strings. The project focuses on the improvement of low-energy and oscillation physics sensitivities as well as re-calibration of the existing detector. Over the last few years we developed a Precision Optical Calibration Module (POCAM) providing self-monitored, isotropic, nanosecond, light pulses for optical calibration of large-volume detectors. Over 20 next-generation POCAMs will be calibrated and deployed in the IceCube Upgrade in order to reduce existing detector systematics. We report a general overview of the POCAM instrument, its performance and calibration procedures.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1049
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
State	Published - Mar 18 2022
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: Jul 12 2021 → Jul 23 2021

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AU - Aguilar, J. A.

AU - Ahlers, M.

AU - Ahrens, M.

AU - Alispach, C.

AU - Alves, A. A.

AU - Amin, N. M.

AU - An, R.

AU - Andeen, K.

AU - Anderson, T.

AU - Anton, G.

AU - Argüelles, C.

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AU - Bay, R.

AU - Beatty, J. J.

AU - Becker, K. H.

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AU - Bernardini, E.

AU - Besson, D. Z.

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AU - Bindig, D.

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AU - Blot, S.

AU - Boddenberg, M.

AU - Bontempo, F.

AU - Borowka, J.

AU - Böser, S.

AU - Botner, O.

AU - Böttcher, J.

AU - Bourbeau, E.

AU - Bradascio, F.

AU - Braun, J.

AU - Bron, S.

AU - Cowen, D. F.

AU - Fox, D.

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POCAM in the IceCube Upgrade

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