Energy reconstruction methods in the IceCube neutrino telescope

Aartsen, M. G.; Abbasi, Rasha; Ackermann, M.; Adams, J.; Aguilar, J. A.; Ahlers, M.; Altmann, D.; Argüelles, C.; Auffenberg, J.; Bai, X.; Baker, M. D.; Barwick, S. W.; Baum, V.; Bay, R.; Beatty, J. J.; Tjus, J. Becker; Becker, K. H.; BenZvi, S.; Berghaus, P.; Berley, D.; Bernardini, E.; Bernhard, A.; Besson, D.; Binder, G.; Bindig, D.; Bissok, M.; Blaufuss, E.; Blumenthal, J.; Boersma, D. J.; Böhm, C.; Bose, D.; Böser, S.; Botner, O.; Brayeur, L.; Bretz, H.-P.; Brown, A. M.; Bruijn, R.; Casey, J.; Casier, M.; Chirkin, D.; Christov, A.; Christy, B.; Clark, K.; Classen, L.; Clevermann, F.; Coenders, S.; Cohen, S.; Cowen, D. F.; Silva, A H Cruz; Danninger, M.; Daughhetee, J.; Davis, J.; Day, M.; Clercq, C. De; Ridder, S. De; Desiati, P.; Vries, Krijn de; With, M. de; DeYoung, T.; Díaz-Vélez, J. C.; Dunkman, M.; Eagan, R.; Eberhardt, B.; Eichmann, B.; Eisch, J.; Euler, S.; Evenson, P. A.; Fadiran, O.; Fazely, A. R.; Fedynitch, Anatoli; Feintzeig, J.; Feusels, T.; Filimonov, K.; Finley, C.; Fischer-Wasels, T.; Flis, S.; Franckowiak, A.; Frantzen, K.; Fuchs, T.; Gaisser, T. K.; Gallagher, J.; Gerhardt, L.; Gladstone, L.; Glüsenkamp, T.; Goldschmidt, A.; Golup, G.; González, J. G.; Goodman, J. A.; Góra, D.; Grandmont, D. T.; Grant, D.; Gretskov, P.; Groh, J. C.; Groß, A.; Ha, C.; Ismail, A. Haj; Hallen, P.; Hallgren, A.; Halzen, F.; Hanson, K.; Hebecker, D.; Heereman, D.; Heinen, D.; Helbing, K.; Hellauer, R.; Hickford, S.; Hill, G. C.; Hoffman, K. D.; Hoffmann, R.; Homeier, A.; Hoshina, K.; Huang, F.; Huelsnitz, W.; Hulth, P. O.; Hultqvist, K.; Hussain, Shahid; Ishihara, A.; Jackson, Stephen; Jacobi, E.; Jacobsen, J.; Jagielski, K.; Japaridze, G. S.; Jero, K.; Jlelati, O.; Kaminsky, B.; Kappes, A.; Karg, T.; Karle, A.; Kauer, M.; Kelley, J. L.; Kiryluk, J.; Kläs, J.; Klein, S. R.; Köhne, J. H.; Kohnen, G.; Kolanoski, H.; Köpke, L.; Kopper, C.; Kopper, S.; Koskinen, D. J.; Kowalski, M.; Krasberg, M.; Kriesten, A.; Krings, K.; Kroll, G.; Kunnen, J.; Kurahashi, N.; Kuwabara, T.; Labare, M.; Landsman, H.; Larson, M. J.; Lesiak-Bzdak, M.; Leuermann, M.; Leute, J.; Lünemann, J.; Macías, Óscar; Madsen, J.; Maggi, G.; Maruyama, R.; Mase, K.; Matis, H. S.; McNally, F.; Meagher, K.; Merck, M.; Meures, T.; Miarecki, S.; Middell, E.; Milke, N.; Miller, J.; Mohrmann, L.; Montaruli, T.; Morse, R.; Nahnhauer, R.; Naumann, Uwe; Niederhausen, H.; Nowicki, S. C.; Nygren, D. R.; Obertacke, A.; Odrowski, S.; Olivas, A.; Omairat, A.; O’Murchadha, A.; Paul, Larissa; Pepper, J. A.; Heros, C. Pérez de los; Pfendner, C.; Pieloth, D.; Pinat, E.; Posselt, J.; Price, P. B.; Przybylski, G. T.; Quinnan, M.; Rädel, L.; Rameez, M.; Rawlins, K.; Redl, P.; Reimann, R.; Resconi, E.; Rhode, W.; Ribordy, M.; Richman, M.; Riedel, Benedikt; Robertson, Sally; Rodrigues, J. P.; Rott, C.; Ruhe, T.; Ruzybayev, B.; Ryckbosch, D.; Saba, S. M.; Sander, H. G.; Santander, M.; Sarkar, S.; Schatto, K.; Scheriau, F.; Schmidt, T.; Schmitz, M.; Schoenen, S.; Schöneberg, S.; Schönwald, A.; Schukraft, A.; Schulte, L.; Schulz, O.; Seckel, D.; Sestayo, Y.; Seunarine, S.; Shanidze, R.; Sheremata, C.; Smith, M. W. E.; Soldin, D.; Spiczak, G. M.; Spiering, Christian; Stamatikos, M.; Stanev, T.; Stanisha, N. A.; Stasik, A.; Stezelberger, T.; Stokstad, R. G.; Stößl, A.; Strahler, E. A.; Strom, Lars Rickard; Strotjohann, N. L.; Sullivan, G. W.; Taavola, H.; Taboada, I.; Tamburro, A.; Tepe, A.; Ter–Antonyan, S.; Tešić, G.; Tilav, S.; Toale, P. A.; Tobin, M. N.; Toscano, S.; Tselengidou, M.; Unger, E.; Usner, M.; Vallecorsa, S.; Eijndhoven, N. van; Overloop, A. Van; Santen, J. V.; Vehring, M.; Vöge, M.; Vraeghe, M.; Walck, C.; Waldenmaier, T.; Wallraff, M.; Weaver, Ch.; Wellons, M.; Wendt, C.; Westerhoff, S.; Whelan, B. J.; Whitehorn, N.; Wiebe, K.; Wiebusch, C. H.; Williams, D. R.; Wissing, H.; Wolf, M.; Wood, T. R.; Woschnagg, K.; Xu, D. L.; Xu, X. W.; Yañez, J. P.; Yodh, G.; Yoshida, Shigeru; Zarzhitsky, P.; Ziemann, J.; Zierke, S.; Zoll, M.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/03/p03009

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“…More advanced energy reconstruction methods other than N c chan are available in IceCube that are based on the reconstruction of charged-particle energies and topologies from the observed Cherenkov light yield [27]. Here we use N c chan for simplicity and robustness.…”

Section: Jcap04(2016)022mentioning

confidence: 99%

Improved limits on dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the 79-string IceCube detector and implications for supersymmetry

Aartsen¹,

Abraham²,

Ackermann³

et al. 2016

J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.

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We present an improved event-level likelihood formalism for including neutrino telescope data in global fits to new physics. We derive limits on spin-dependent dark matter-proton scattering by employing the new formalism in a re-analysis of data from the 79-string IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the Sun, including explicit energy information for each event. The new analysis excludes a number of models in the weak-scale minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) for the first time. This work is accompanied by the public release of the 79-string IceCube data, as well as an associated computer code for applying the new likelihood to arbitrary dark matter models.

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Section: Jcap04(2016)022mentioning

confidence: 99%

Improved limits on dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the 79-string IceCube detector and implications for supersymmetry

Aartsen¹,

Abraham²,

Ackermann³

et al. 2016

J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.

137

233

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“…On the other hand, due to radiative losses, the fact that the position of the interaction vertex is unknown implies a large uncertainty in the estimation of the initial muon energy, which in turn is always smaller than the incoming neutrino energy. The muon energy when entering the detector is estimated based on the energy losses along the track [102] with a resolution of σ log(Eµ/GeV) ∼ 0.5 [53].…”

Section: Jhep01(2017)141mentioning

confidence: 99%

Non-standard interactions with high-energy atmospheric neutrinos at IceCube

Salvadó

Mena

Palomares‐Ruiz

et al. 2017

J. High Energ. Phys.

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Non-standard interactions in the propagation of neutrinos in matter can lead to significant deviations from expectations within the standard neutrino oscillation framework and atmospheric neutrino detectors have been considered to set constraints. However, most previous works have focused on relatively low-energy atmospheric neutrino data. Here, we consider the one-year high-energy through-going muon data in IceCube, which has been already used to search for light sterile neutrinos, to constrain new interactions in the µτ -sector. In our analysis we include several systematic uncertainties on both, the atmospheric neutrino flux and on the detector properties, which are accounted for via nuisance parameters. After considering different primary cosmic-ray spectra and hadronic interaction models, we improve over previous analysis by using the latest data and showing that systematics currently affect very little the bound on the off-diagonal ε µτ , with the 90% credible interval given by −6.0 × 10 −3 < ε µτ < 5.4 × 10 −3 , comparable to previous results. In addition, we also estimate the expected sensitivity after 10 years of collected data in IceCube and study the precision at which non-standard parameters could be determined for the case of ε µτ near its current bound.

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“…Their arrival direction is first estimated using a χ 2 linear-track fit to the DOM hits. Then, using this estimate as a seed, a more complex likelihoodbased reconstruction is applied, accounting for aspects of light generation and propagation in the ice (Aartsen et al 2014). The likelihood-based fit provides a median angular resolution of 3°according to simulation (Abbasi et al 2011).…”

Section: Icecubementioning

confidence: 99%

Anisotropy in Cosmic-Ray Arrival Directions in the Southern Hemisphere Based on Six Years of Data From the Icecube Detector

Aartsen

Abraham

Ackermann³

et al. 2016

ApJ

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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory accumulated a total of 318 billion cosmic-ray-induced muon events between 2009 May and 2015 May. This data set was used for a detailed analysis of the sidereal anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays in the TeV to PeV energy range. The observed global sidereal anisotropy features large regions of relative excess and deficit, with amplitudes of the order of 10 −3 up to about 100 TeV. A decomposition of the arrival direction distribution into spherical harmonics shows that most of the power is contained in the lowmultipole (ℓ4) moments. However, higher multipole components are found to be statistically significant down to an angular scale of less than 10°, approaching the angular resolution of the detector. Above 100 TeV, a change in the morphology of the arrival direction distribution is observed, and the anisotropy is characterized by a wide relative deficit whose amplitude increases with primary energy up to at least 5 PeV, the highest energies currently accessible to IceCube. No time dependence of the large-and small-scale structures is observed in the period of six years covered by this analysis. The high-statistics data set reveals more details of the properties of the anisotropy and is potentially able to shed light on the various physical processes that are responsible for the complex angular structure and energy evolution.

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Energy reconstruction methods in the IceCube neutrino telescope

Cited by 254 publications

References 27 publications

Improved limits on dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the 79-string IceCube detector and implications for supersymmetry

Improved limits on dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the 79-string IceCube detector and implications for supersymmetry

Non-standard interactions with high-energy atmospheric neutrinos at IceCube

Anisotropy in Cosmic-Ray Arrival Directions in the Southern Hemisphere Based on Six Years of Data From the Icecube Detector

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