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Measurement of South Pole ice transparency with the IceCube LED calibration system

M. LabareR. BruijnJ. A. PepperD. HeeremanCh. WeaverF. McnallyK. HoshinaChristian BohmGlenn SpiczakSegev BenzviSpencer KleinSpencer KleinB. RiedelD. Z. BessonKara HoffmanN. Van EijndhovenU. NaumannG. C. HillM. W. E. SmithA. H. Cruz SilvaKlas HultqvistJ. KirylukK. H. BeckerChun XuA. FedynitchJ. LeuteS. OdrowskiF. ScheriauT. RuheA. O'murchadhaN. WhitehornL. BrayeurM. WellonsL. GladstoneH. G. SanderWolfgang RhodeM. SoironD. SeckelDariusz GoraS. MiareckiS. MiareckiT. SalamehG. KrollL. KöpkeM. VogeS. HussainK. FrantzenA. R. FazelyTyce DeyoungD. J. KoskinenK. RawlinsP. A. ToaleS. BechetR. HellauerL. SchönherrE. JacobiJ. EischV. BaumC. De ClercqJ. AuffenbergT. FeuselsAlbrecht KarleJ. E. JacobsenE. A. StrahlerM. DunkmanA. SchukraftA. ObertackeM. Lesiak-bzdakP. RedlS. FlisM. CasierT. R. WoodR. MorseC. PfendnerA. GoldschmidtK. MaseT. GlüsenkampPaul EvensonM. OlivoK. SchattoMarcos SantanderP. HeimannCarsten RottDave NygrenL. GerhardtL. GerhardtA. BernhardA. SchönwaldS. SchönebergY. AbdouJ. LünemannMarkus AckermannL. PaulM. BissokO. FadiranDmitry ChirkinKael HansonG. KohnenD. HeinenHermann KolanoskiE. MiddellElisa BernardiniK. MeagherS. CohenMichael S. BellS. BöserKirill FilimonovR. C. BayD. BoseAlexander KappesJ.-h. KöhneH. WissingM. RibordyXianwu XuS. ToscanoJames MadsenSteven W. BarwickT. KargM. L. BenabderrahmaneJay GallagherM. J. LarsonM. J. CarsonAya IshiharaP. BerghausJ. KläsR. NahnhauerJ. P. RodriguesJenni AdamsS. EulerJ. ZiemannB. EberhardtT. KuwabaraS. C. NowickiAllan HallgrenT. StezelbergerS. M. SabaT. Fischer-waselsJ. KunnenFabian KislatPaolo DesiatiJ. BlumenthalS. HickfordC. Pérez De Los HerosM. VraegheA. OlivasD. Van Der DriftD. Van Der DriftN. PirkDamian PielothR. G. StokstadB. RuzybayevH. TaavolaA. M. BrownO. SchulzTeresa MontaruliT. SchmidtIgnacio TaboadaChris WendtJ. MillerM. VehringD. F. CowenC. HaC. HaT. FuchsJ. C. Díaz-vélezS. KopperM. BakerD. RyckboschM. KrasbergPeter MészárosE. BlaufussJ. C. DavisC. FinleyA. FranckowiakR. WassermanH. LandsmanJuanan AguilarJ. Becker TjusOlga BotnerM. G. AartsenMichael StamatikosH. S. MatisP. O. HulthK. WiebeD. J. BoersmaA. Van OverloopG. W. SullivanJ. J. BeattyB. ChristyS. H. SeoJ. A. GoodmanS. YoshidaR. StrömM. SchmitzK. JeroN. KurahashiM. WolfB. KaminskyFrancis HalzenP. ZarzhitskyL. MohrmannJ. PosseltMike RichmanJ. FeintzeigS. SchoenenA. StößlReina H. MaruyamaS. SeunarineL. SchulteW. HuelsnitzRasha AbbasiO. JlelatiA. Haj IsmailC. KopperG. GolupM. ScheelS. TilavA. HomeierGerald PrzybylskiL. RädelA. ZillesM. ZollJ. CaseyD. BindigF. ClevermannS. BohaichukY. SestayoK. HelbingM. UsnerJürgen BrunnerChristopher WiebuschJ. DaughheteeD. SoldinTodor StanevDawn WilliamsJ. P. YanezK. ClarkA. StasikM. KowalskiT. MeuresN. MilkeA. TamburroGeorge JaparidzeJ. Van SantenR. HoffmannGary BinderGary BinderAxel GroßR. FrankeR. EaganThomas K. GaisserG. B. YodhElisa ResconiJ. BerdermannHans NiederhausenD. BertrandM. GurtnerChristian SpieringDonglian XuP. B. PriceD. BerleyC. WalckD. AltmannSubir SarkarStijn BuitinkC. SheremataS. WesterhoffS. ZierkeDarren GrantM. MerckR. W. EllsworthJ. L. KelleyM. WallraffMarkus AhlersSamvel Ter-antonyanT. WaldenmaierM. DanningerXinhua BaiS. De Ridder

subject

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics - Instrumentation and DetectorsSouth Pole icePhoton progagationAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysicsddc:500.201 natural sciencesHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentIceCube Neutrino ObservatoryIceCubePhysics::GeophysicsHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)0103 physical sciencesCalibrationddc:53014. Life underwater010306 general physicsAbsorption (electromagnetic radiation)InstrumentationInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Cherenkov radiationRemote sensingPhysicsOptical properties010308 nuclear & particles physicsScatteringDetectorAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsIceCube; Optical properties; Photon propagation; South Pole iceSouth PoleiceInstrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)Charged particleData setPhoton propagationAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

description

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, approximately 1 km^3 in size, is now complete with 86 strings deployed in the Antarctic ice. IceCube detects the Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged particles passing through or created in the ice. To realize the full potential of the detector, the properties of light propagation in the ice in and around the detector must be well understood. This report presents a new method of fitting the model of light propagation in the ice to a data set of in-situ light source events collected with IceCube. The resulting set of derived parameters, namely the measured values of scattering and absorption coefficients vs. depth, is presented and a comparison of IceCube data with simulations based on the new model is shown. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, approximately 1km^3 in size, is now complete with 86 strings deployed in the Antarctic ice. IceCube detects the Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged particles passing through or created in the ice. To realize the full potential of the detector, the properties of light propagation in the ice in and around the detector must be well understood. This report presents a new method of fitting the model of light propagation in the ice to a data set of in situ light source events collected with IceCube. The resulting set of derived parameters, namely the measured values of scattering and absorption coefficients vs. depth, is presented and a comparison of IceCube data with simulations based on the new model is shown.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-01-22Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
10.1016/j.nima.2013.01.054http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid: