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Observation of the cosmic-ray shadow of the Moon with IceCube

J. DaughheteeT. FuchsD. SoldinS. YoshidaA. FedynitchK. KringsP. B. PriceP. A. EvensonS. ZierkeM. UsnerW. HuelsnitzP. DesiatiT. Fischer-waselsN. Van EijndhovenA. M. BrownK. HultqvistC. WalckD. J. KoskinenG. W. SullivanSegev BenzviC. BohmM. RibordyT. StezelbergerD. Van Der DriftD. Van Der DriftS. C. NowickiV. BaumG. KrollX. BaiD. ChirkinJ. AuffenbergM. J. LarsonS. CoendersJ. LünemannMarcos SantanderJ. J. BeattyY. AbdouJ. MillerA. ChristovMarkus AhlersH. NiederhausenD. BoseM. LeuermannF. ClevermannR. WassermanT. RuheS. BohaichukM. J. CarsonJ. S. GallagherWolfgang RhodeM. MerckM. WolfA. GroßR. G. StokstadM. BissokD. Z. BessonA. ObertackeH. TaavolaS. De RidderF. McnallyK. JagielskiK. JeroR. NahnhauerG. M. SpiczakH. LandsmanG. BinderG. BinderM. RichmanFabian KislatA. StößlK. MeagherK. WiebeS. BechetA. GoldschmidtK. FilimonovP. A. ToaleT. FeuselsR. StrömA. O'murchadhaN. MilkeJ. BlumenthalM. L. BenabderrahmaneJ. H. KöhneD. PielothB. KaminskyReina H. MaruyamaT. KuwabaraO. FadiranM. OlivoTodor StanevJ. A. PepperF. ScheriauStephanie HickfordM. SchmitzB. RiedelM. CasierN. PirkS. MiareckiS. MiareckiP. ZarzhitskyJ. ZiemannMichael S. BellE. A. StrahlerM. WallraffJ. L. KelleyJ. A. GoodmanX. W. XuM. Lesiak-bzdakD. HeeremanD. J. BoersmaR. FrankeC. Pérez De Los HerosD. SeckelJ. MadsenC. PfendnerM. LabareY. SestayoD. T. GrandmontD. L. XuD. F. CowenP. BerghausB. RuzybayevS. R. KleinS. R. KleinJ. KirylukK. ClarkD. BertrandJ. EischS. OdrowskiOlga BotnerJ. C. Díaz-vélezK. HelbingA. H. Cruz SilvaM. VehringL. KöpkeD. R. NygrenA. SchukraftC. FinleyT. SchmidtR. MorseM. ScheelH. G. SanderThomas K. GaisserS. EulerJenni AdamsT. GlüsenkampM. VraegheK. RawlinsRasha AbbasiS. SeunarineG. GolupKael HansonK. D. HoffmanK. HoshinaJuanan AguilarP. RedlJ. Becker TjusA. Van OverloopM. DunkmanS. HussainO. JlelatiA. BernhardE. PinatD. GrantE. JacobiK. H. BeckerJürgen BrunnerC. SheremataA. HomeierL. GladstoneSteven W. BarwickK. FrantzenC. WendtD. R. WilliamsL. GerhardtL. GerhardtA. TepeS. FlisCarsten RottG. T. PrzybylskiJ. Van SantenCh WeaverHermann KolanoskiJ. P. RodriguesM. ZollM. KowalskiA. FranckowiakMarkus AckermannS. CohenAlexander KappesA. Haj IsmailK. SchattoL. PaulD. RyckboschMontaruli26 TeresaR. ReimannM. WellonsM. G. AartsenDariusz GoraJ. KunnenR. C. BayJ. CaseyJ. LeuteJ. G. GonzalezThomas MeuresS. Ter-antonyanR. EaganH. WissingU. NaumannR. W. EllsworthElisa BernardiniR. BruijnG. TešićSubir SarkarR. HellauerM. BakerP. O. HulthB. EberhardtB. ChristyC. KopperPeter MészárosK. MaseS. KopperH. S. MatisFrancis HalzenE. BlaufussN. KurahashiS. TilavJ. PosseltElisa ResconiJ. BerdermannL. MohrmannT. KargC. H. WiebuschAllan HallgrenA. IshiharaG. KohnenG. C. HillTyce DeyoungA. R. FazelyT. WaldenmaierN. WhitehornS. ToscanoA. OlivasS. SchoenenT. SalamehH. P. BretzM. W.e. SmithD. BindigA. KarleJ. KläsA. StasikI. TaboadaM. KrasbergL. SchulteS. BöserK. WoschnaggG. YodhC. De ClercqA. SchönwaldM. RameezL. BrayeurS. SchönebergD. HeinenJ. FeintzeigO. SchulzG. S. JaparidzeChun XuJ. JacobsenA. TamburroL. RädelT. R. WoodP. HallenM. VogeM. DanningerR. HoffmannChristian SpieringD. BerleyS. M. SabaJ. C. DavisM. StamatikosD. AltmannJ. P. YanezS. WesterhoffC. HaC. HaE. Middell

subject

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesCosmic rayAstrophysics01 natural sciencesNEUTRINO TELESCOPESPosition (vector)SEARCH0103 physical sciencesShadowAngular resolutionddc:530ARRIVAL DIRECTIONS010303 astronomy & astrophysicsDETECTORAnalysis methodHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)PhysicsANISOTROPY010308 nuclear & particles physicsDetectorSUNAstronomyANGULAR RESOLUTIONEarth's magnetic fieldDeflection (physics)Physics and AstronomyAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

description

We report on the observation of a significant deficit of cosmic rays from the direction of the Moon with the IceCube detector. The study of this "Moon shadow" is used to characterize the angular resolution and absolute pointing capabilities of the detector. The detection is based on data taken in two periods before the completion of the detector: between April 2008 and May 2009, when IceCube operated in a partial configuration with 40 detector strings deployed in the South Pole ice, and between May 2009 and May 2010 when the detector operated with 59 strings. Using two independent analysis methods, the Moon shadow has been observed to high significance (> 6 sigma) in both detector configurations. The observed location of the shadow center is within 0.2 degrees of its expected position when geomagnetic deflection effects are taken into account. This measurement validates the directional reconstruction capabilities of IceCube.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-05-29
10.1103/physrevd.89.102004https://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5881768