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R.h. Minor

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The IceCube data acquisition system: Signal capture, digitization, and timestamping

2008

IceCube is a km-scale neutrino observatory under construction at the South Pole with sensors both in the deep ice (InIce) and on the surface (IceTop). The sensors, called Digital Optical Modules (DOMs), detect, digitize and timestamp the signals from optical Cherenkov-radiation photons. The DOM Main Board (MB) data acquisition subsystem is connected to the central DAQ in the IceCube Laboratory (ICL) by a single twisted copper wire-pair and transmits packetized data on demand. Time calibration is maintained throughout the array by regular transmission to the DOMs of precisely timed analog signals, synchronized to a central GPS-disciplined clock. The design goals and consequent features, func…

AMANDANuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics - Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysicsNeutrino telescopeSignalHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentIceCube Neutrino ObservatoryNuclear physicsHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)IcecubeData acquisitionSignal digitizationddc:530Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)Nuclear ExperimentInstrumentationPhysicsbusiness.industryAstrophysics (astro-ph)Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAMANDA; Icecube; Neutrino telescope; Signal digitizationTimestampingInstrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)Analog signalTransmission (telecommunications)Systems designTimestampbusinessComputer hardware
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On the selection of AGN neutrino source candidates for a source stacking analysis with neutrino telescopes

2006

The sensitivity of a search for sources of TeV neutrinos can be improved by grouping potential sources together into generic classes in a procedure that is known as source stacking. In this paper, we define catalogs of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and use them to perform a source stacking analysis. The grouping of AGN into classes is done in two steps: first, AGN classes are defined, then, sources to be stacked are selected assuming that a potential neutrino flux is linearly correlated with the photon luminosity in a certain energy band (radio, IR, optical, keV, GeV, TeV). Lacking any secure detailed knowledge on neutrino production in AGN, this correlation is motivated by hadronic AGN mode…

AMANDAActive galactic nucleusAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesCosmic rayAstrophysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsAstrophysicsIceCubeLuminosityAGNNeutrinosBlazarAstrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsAGN; AMANDA; IceCube; Neutrinos; Point sources; Source stackingAstroparticle physicsPhysicsAstrophysics (astro-ph)Point sourcesAstronomyAstronomy and AstrophysicsQuasarSource stackingNeutrino detectorAstronomiaHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrino
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