Dortmund 2021 – wissenschaftliches Programm
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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 33: Cosmic Rays VI
T 33.8: Vortrag
Dienstag, 16. März 2021, 17:45–18:00, Th
First radio measurements of cosmic air showers with the prototype station of the IceCube surface enhancement — •Hrvoje Dujmovic for the IceCube collaboration — Institut für Astroteilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
IceTop, the surface array of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, currently consists of 162 ice-Cherenkov tanks distributed over an area of 1 km2. IceTop is used for cosmic-ray air shower detection and as a veto for the in-ice neutrino detector. The science case of IceTop will be greatly improved by complementing the existing detectors with an array of radio antennas and scintillator panels. The IceTop enhancement array will cover the same footprint as IceTop and will consist of 32 stations. One such station, consisting of 3 radio antennas and 8 scintillator panels, was deployed in January 2020.
In this talk, we will present the results from the radio measurements with the prototype station. We will introduce the event selection and basic reconstruction of the first identified air shower events, as well as compare the data to the predictions from Monte Carlo simulations.
The results obtained from the prototype station will help us to better understand the full capabilities and physics potential of IceCube’s surface enhancement.