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RESEARCH PRODUCT
The IceCube prototype string in Amanda
Kael HansonJ. K. BeckerS. StoyanovP. RothPeter MészárosK. HanB. HommezM. M. FoersterYi WangPaolo DesiatiD. Z. BessonJ. LünemannC.p. BurgessE. A. StrahlerR. C. BayD. BertrandS. H. SeoJ.d. ZornozaA. C. PohlS. R. KleinG. S. JaparidzeJ. BolmontA. TepeA. W. JonesM. KrasbergR. HardtkeT. HauschildtP. BerghausJohan LundbergH. S. MatisAnna DavourK. H. SulankeD. TurcanD. HardtkeJ. BraunS. YoshidaS. KlepserFrancis HalzenJanet JacobsenM. SolarzD. R. NygrenT. GrieselP. O. HulthJ. EischR. GanugapatiJ. E. SopherN. Van EijndhovenP. HerquetD. F. CowenJ. E. HartK. MünichY. HasegawaT. DeyoungS. J. PattonJ. GallagherAdam BouchtaA. PiegsaA. AchterbergK. AndeenC.p. De Los HerosB. SemburgM. LabareP. A. EvensonMarek KowalskiP. B. PriceS. SchlenstedtM. GurtnerH. WissingK. MaseL. DemirorsS. BöserR. W. EllsworthM. TluczykontAllan HallgrenDavid A. SchneiderJ.p. HulssT. O. B. SchmidtA. GrossG. C. HillB. D. FoxA. Van OverloopB. BaretJ. W. NamS. GrullonKurt WoschnaggL. ThollanderF. DescampsR. EhrlichD. SeckelHeiko GeenenP. A. ToaleJ. AdamsA. MoreyJ. P. DummH. LandsmanA. R. FazelyK. KuehnR. M. GunasinghaWolfgang WagnerDmitry ChirkinT. BurgessG. KohnenAlbrecht KarleJ. L. KelleyD. J. BoersmaMichael StamatikosTimo KargGerald PrzybylskiM. WalterJ. A. GoodmanA. SilvestriK. HoshinaDavid R. WilliamsA. J. S. SmithT. J. SumnerH. KolanoskiM. R. DuvoortGlenn SpiczakS. M. MovitM. RibordyT. StezelbergerR. PorrataJ. DreyerL. GerhardtJ. HeiseK. HelbingP. SteffenOlga BotnerB. HugheyA. OlivasC. SongJ. N. BahcallElisa ResconiAnna FranckowiakJ. HodgesR. NahnhauerHakki ÖGelmanC. T. DayElisa BernardiniJ. ClemE. BlaufussJ. AhrensT. MessariusD. HaysO. TarasovaT. KowarikS. HundertmarkB. VoigtB. ChristyR. G. StokstadXinhua BaiR. WischnewskiG. W. SullivanK. HultqvistN. KitamuraKarl-heinz KampertKirill FilimonovCarlos Pena-garayD. LeierO. FadiranA. RizzoT. StraszheimS. RobbinsWolfgang RhodeA. MeliH. WaldmannT. MccauleyDamian PielothD. HubertChristian SpieringL. KöpkeJustin VandenbrouckeSubir SarkarK. BeattieSurujhdeo SeunarineK. RawlinsJames MadsenSoebur RazzaqueK. D. HoffmanA. IshiharaT. StanevM. C. StouferD. RutledgeH. LeichJ. C. Diaz-velezM. V. D'agostinoH. KawaiM. HellwigH. G. SanderJ. M. JosephI. LiubarskyC. H. WiebuschC. WendtCarsten RottR. MorseT. MontaruliH. MiyamotoXianwu XuC. BohmC. WalckD. BerleyThomas K. GaisserG. B. YodhP. NiessenG. WikstromI. TaboadaJ. AuffenbergT. CastermansH. JohanssonT. BeckaJ. PretzV. ViscomiK.-h. BeckerA. MokhtaraniC. De ClercqM. InabaMarkus AckermannDirk RyckboschS. W. BarwickW. R. EdwardsS. TilavR. GozziniC. P. McparlandA. Goldschmidtsubject
Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector ArrayAstroparticle physicsPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhotomultiplierPhotonMuonPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstrophysics (astro-ph)Neutrino telescopeAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsFOS: Physical sciencesAstronomyAstrophysicsNeutrino telescopeAmandaIceCubeData acquisitionSignal digitizationAmanda; IceCube; Neutrino telescope; Signal digitizationInstrumentationCherenkov radiationdescription
The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (Amanda) is a high-energy neutrino telescope. It is a lattice of optical modules (OM) installed in the clear ice below the South Pole Station. Each OM contains a photomultiplier tube (PMT) that detects photons of Cherenkov light generated in the ice by muons and electrons. IceCube is a cubic-kilometer-sized expansion of Amanda currently being built at the South Pole. In IceCube the PMT signals are digitized already in the optical modules and transmitted to the surface. A prototype string of 41 OMs equipped with this new all-digital technology was deployed in the Amanda array in the year 2000. In this paper we describe the technology and demonstrate that this string serves as a proof of concept for the IceCube array. Our investigations show that the OM timing accuracy is 5 ns. Atmospheric muons are detected in excellent agreement with expectations with respect to both angular distribution and absolute rate.
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| 2006-01-18 |