TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensitivity of the IceCube Upgrade to Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations
AU - The IceCube Collaboration
AU - Abbasi, R.
AU - Ackermann, M.
AU - Adams, J.
AU - Agarwalla, S. K.
AU - Aguilar, J. A.
AU - Ahlers, M.
AU - Alameddine, J. M.
AU - Amin, N. M.
AU - Andeen, K.
AU - Anton, G.
AU - Argüelles, C.
AU - Ashida, Y.
AU - Athanasiadou, S.
AU - Axani, S. N.
AU - Bai, X.
AU - Balagopal, A. V.
AU - Baricevic, M.
AU - Barwick, S. W.
AU - Basu, V.
AU - Bay, R.
AU - Beatty, J. J.
AU - Becker Tjus, J.
AU - Beise, J.
AU - Bellenghi, C.
AU - Benning, C.
AU - BenZvi, S.
AU - Berley, D.
AU - Bernardini, E.
AU - Besson, D. Z.
AU - Blaufuss, E.
AU - Blot, S.
AU - Bontempo, F.
AU - Book, J. Y.
AU - Boscolo Meneguolo, C.
AU - Böser, S.
AU - Botner, O.
AU - Böttcher, J.
AU - Bourbeau, E.
AU - Braun, J.
AU - Brinson, B.
AU - Brostean-Kaiser, J.
AU - Burley, R. T.
AU - Busse, R. S.
AU - Butterfield, D.
AU - Campana, M. A.
AU - Carloni, K.
AU - Carnie-Bronca, E. G.
AU - Chattopadhyay, S.
AU - Cowen, D. F.
AU - Fox, D.
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PY - 2024/9/27
Y1 - 2024/9/27
N2 - 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 additional strings installed within the DeepCore fiducial volume. The new modules will have spacings of about 20 m horizontally and 3 m vertically, compared to about 40-70 m horizontally and 7 m vertically in DeepCore. It will be deployed in the polar season of 2025/26. This additional hardware features new types of optical modules with multi-PMT configurations, as well as calibration devices. This upgrade will more than triple the number of PMT channels with respect to current IceCube, and will significantly enhance its capabilities in the GeV energy range. However, the increased channel count also poses new computational challenges for the event simulation, selection, and reconstruction. In this contribution we present updated oscillation sensitivities based on the latest advancements in simulation, event selection, and reconstruction techniques.
AB - 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 additional strings installed within the DeepCore fiducial volume. The new modules will have spacings of about 20 m horizontally and 3 m vertically, compared to about 40-70 m horizontally and 7 m vertically in DeepCore. It will be deployed in the polar season of 2025/26. This additional hardware features new types of optical modules with multi-PMT configurations, as well as calibration devices. This upgrade will more than triple the number of PMT channels with respect to current IceCube, and will significantly enhance its capabilities in the GeV energy range. However, the increased channel count also poses new computational challenges for the event simulation, selection, and reconstruction. In this contribution we present updated oscillation sensitivities based on the latest advancements in simulation, event selection, and reconstruction techniques.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85212301170
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 444
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 1036
T2 - 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023
Y2 - 26 July 2023 through 3 August 2023
ER -