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Article, 2024

Improved modeling of in-ice particle showers for IceCube event reconstruction

Journal of Instrumentation, ISSN 1748-0221, Volume 19, 06, Page p06026, 10.1088/1748-0221/19/06/p06026

Contributors

Abbasi, R. [1] Ackermann, M. [2] Adams, Jenni [3] Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar 0000-0002-9714-8866 [4] [5] Aguilar, J.A. [6] Ahlers, M. [7] Alameddine, Jean-Marco 0000-0002-9534-9189 [8] Amin, N M [9] Andeen, K. [10] Anton, G. [11] Argüelles, Carlos A 0000-0003-4186-4182 [12] Ashida, Y. [13] Athanasiadou, S. [2] Ausborm, L. [14] Axani, S N [9] Bai, X. [15] V, Aswathi Balagopal [4] Baricevic, M [4] Barwick, S.W. [16] Bash, S. [17] Basu, V [4] Bay, R. [18] Beatty, James J 0000-0003-0481-4952 [19] Tjus, Julia Becker 0000-0002-1748-7367 [20] [21] Beise, J. [22] Bellenghi, C. [17] Benning, C. [14] BenZvi, S. [23] Berley, D. [24] Bernardini, E [25] Besson, D.Z. [26] Blaufuss, E. [24] Blot, S. [2] Bontempo, F. [27] Book, Julia [12] Meneguolo, Caterina Boscolo [25] Böser, S. [28] Botner, O. [22] Böttcher, J. [14] Braun, J [4] Brinson, Bennett [29] Brostean-Kaiser, Jannes [2] Brusa, L. [14] Burley, R.T. [30] Busse, R.S. [31] Butterfield, D [4] Campana, M.A. [32] Caracas, I 0009-0008-5217-9547 [28] Carloni, K [12] Carpio, J. [33] Chattopadhyay, S [4] [5] Chau, N. [6] Chen, Z. [34] Chirkin, D [4] Choi, S. [35] Clark, B.A. [24] Coleman, A. [22] Collin, G.H. [36] Connolly, A [19] Conrad, J.M. [36] Coppin, P. [37] Corley, R. [13] Correa, P. [37] Cowen, Douglas F [38] Dave, Pranav [29] De Clercq, C. [37] DeLaunay, J.J. [39] Delgado, Diyaselis 0000-0002-4306-8828 [12] Deng, S. [14] Deoskar, K. [40] Desai, A [4] Desiati, P [4] de Vries, K.D. [37] De Wasseige, Gwenhaël [41] DeYoung, T. [42] Diaz, A. [36] Díaz-Vélez, J C [4] Dittmer, M. [31] Domi, A [11] Draper, L. [13] Dujmovic, H [4] Dutta, K. [28] Duvernois, M A [4] Ehrhardt, T. [28] Eidenschink, L. [17] Eimer, A [11] Eller, P. [17] Ellinger, E. [43] Mentawi, S El [14] Elsässer, D. [8] Engel, Ralph [27] Erpenbeck, H [4] Evans, J. [24] Evenson, Paul A 0000-0001-7929-810X [9] Fan, K.L. [24] Fang, K [4] Farrag, K [44] Fazely, Ali R 0000-0002-6907-8020 [45] Fedynitch, Anatoli [46] Feigl, N. [47] Fiedlschuster, Sebastian [11] Finley, C. [40] Fischer, L. [2] Fox, Derek B 0000-0002-3714-672X [38] Franckowiak, A. [21] Fürst, P. [14] Gallagher, J. [4] Ganster, E. [14] Garcia, A. [12] Genton, E [41] Gerhardt, L. [48] Ghadimi, A. [39] Girard-Carillo, Cloé [28] Glaser, C. [22] Glüsenkamp, T [11] [22] Gonzalez, J G [9] Goswami, S. [33] Granados, A. [42] Grant, D. [42] Gray, S.J. [24] Gries, O. [14] Griffin, S [4] Griswold, S. [23] Groth, K.M. [7] Günther, C. [14] Gutjahr, P. [8] Ha, C. [49] Haack, C [11] Hallgren, A. [22] Halliday, R. [42] Halve, L. [14] Halzen, F [4] Hamdaoui, H. [34] Minh, Martin Ha 0000-0001-7776-4875 [17] Handt, M. [14] Hanson, K [4] Hardin, J. [36] Harnisch, A.A. [42] Hatch, P [50] Haungs, A. [27] Häußler, J. [14] Helbing, K. [43] Hellrung, J. [21] Hermannsgabner, J. [14] Heuermann, L. [14] Heyer, N. [22] Hickford, S. [43] Hidvegi, A. [40] Hill, Colton 0000-0003-0647-9174 [44] Hill, G.C. [30] Hoffman, K.D. [24] Hori, S [4] Hoshina, K [4] [51] Hostert, M [12] Hou, W. [27] Huber, T. [27] Hultqvist, K. [40] Hünnefeld, M. [8] Hussain, R [4] Hymon, K. [8] Ishihara, A [44] Iwakiri, W [44] Jacquart, M [4] Janik, O [11] Jansson, M. [40] Japaridze, G.S. [52] Jeong, M. [13] Jin, M. [12] Jones, Benjamin J P 0000-0003-3400-8986 [53] Kamp, N [12] Kang, D. [27] Kang, Woosik 0000-0003-3980-3778 [35] Kang, X. [32] Kappes, A. [31] Kappesser, D. [28] Kardum, L. [8] Karg, T. [2] Karl, M. [17] Karle, A [4] Katil, Akanksha [54] Katz, U. [11] Kauer, M [4] Kelley, J L [4] Khanal, M. [13] Zathul, A Khatee [4] Kheirandish, A. [33] Kiryluk, J. [34] Klein, S.R. [18] [48] Kochocki, A. [42] Koirala, R [9] Kolanoski, H. [47] Kontrimas, T. [17] Köpke, L. [28] Kopper, C [11] Koskinen, D.J. [7] Koundal, P [9] Kovacevich, M. [32] Kowalski, M. [2] [47] Kozynets, T. [7] Krishnamoorthi, J [4] [5] Kruiswijk, Karlijn 0009-0002-9261-0537 [41] Krupczak, E. [42] Kumar, A. [2] Kun, E. [21] Kurahashi, N. [32] Lad, N. [2] Gualda, Cristina Lagunas [2] Lamoureux, M [41] Larson, M.J. [24] Latseva, Silvia [14] Lauber, F. [43] Lazar, J P [41] Lee, J.W. [35] Deholton, Kayla Leonard 0000-0002-8795-0601 [38] Leszczyńska, A [9] Liao, J [29] Lincetto, M. [21] Liubarska, M. [54] Lohfink, E. [28] Love, C. [32] Mariscal, Cristian Jesus Lozano [31] Lu, L. [4] Lucarelli, Francesco 0000-0002-9558-8788 [55] Luszczak, W [19] Lyu, Y. [18] [48] Madsen, J [4] Magnus, E. [37] Mahn, K.B.M. [42] Makino, Y [4] Manao, E. [17] Mancina, Sarah 0009-0003-9879-3896 [4] [25] Sainte, Wenceslas Marie [4] Mariş, I.C. [6] Marka, S. [56] Marka, Z. [56] Marsee, M. [39] Martinez-Soler, Ivan 0000-0002-0308-3003 [12] Maruyama, R. [57] Mayhew, F. [42] McElroy, T. [54] McNally, F. [58] Mead, J.V. [7] Meagher, K [4] Mechbal, S. [2] Medina, A [19] Meier, M [44] Merckx, Yarno 0000-0003-0616-9563 [37] Merten, L. [21] Micallef, J. [42] Mitchell, J. [45] Montaruli, Teresa 0000-0001-5014-2152 [55] Moore, R.W. [54] Morii, Y [44] Morse, R [4] Moulai, M [4] Mukherjee, T. [27] Naab, R. [2] Nagai, Ryo 0000-0001-7503-2777 [44] Nakos, M [4] Naumann, U. [43] Necker, J. [2] Negi, A [53] Neumann, M. [31] Niederhausen, H. [42] Nisa, M.U. [42] Noell, A. [14] Novikov, A [9] Nowicki, S.C. [42] Pollmann, Anna Obertacke 0000-0002-2492-043X [44] O'Dell, V [4] Oeyen, B. [59] Olivas, A. [24] Orsoe, R. [17] Osborn, J [4] O'Sullivan, E. [22] Pandya, Hershal 0000-0002-6138-4808 [9] Park, N [50] Parker, G K [53] Paudel, Ek Narayan 0000-0001-9276-7994 [9] Paul, L. [15] De Los Heros, Carlos Pérez 0000-0002-2084-5866 [22] Pernice, T [2] Peterson, J [4] Philippen, S. [14] Pizzuto, A [4] Plum, M. [15] Pontén, A. [22] Popovych, Y. [28] Rodriguez, M Prado [4] Pries, B. [42] Procter-Murphy, Rachel [24] Przybylski, G.T. [48] Raab, C [41] Rack-Helleis, John [28] Rawlins, Katherine [60] Rechav, Z [4] Rehman, Abdul 0000-0001-7616-5790 [9] Reichherzer, P. [21] Resconi, E. [17] Reusch, S. [2] Rhode, W. [8] Riedel, B [4] Rifaie, A. [14] Roberts, E.J. [30] Robertson, S. [18] [48] Rodan, S. [35] Roellinghoff, G. [35] Rongen, Martin 0000-0002-7057-1007 [11] Rosted, A [44] Rott, C. [13] [35] Ruhe, T. [8] Ruohan, L. [17] Ryckbosch, D. [59] Safa, I [4] Saffer, Julian [27] Salazar-Gallegos, D. [42] Sampathkumar, P. [27] Sandrock, A. [43] Santander, M. [39] Sarkar, S. [54] Sarkar, S. [61] Savelberg, J. [14] Savina, P [4] Schaile, P. [17] Schaufel, M. [14] Schieler, H. [27] Schindler, Sebastian [11] Schlüter, B. [31] Schlüter, F. [6] Schmeisser, N. [43] Schmidt, T. [24] Schneider, Judith [11] Schröder, Frank G 0000-0001-8495-7210 [9] [27] Schumacher, Lisa Johanna 0000-0001-8945-6722 [11] Sclafani, S. [24] Seckel, David [9] Seikh, M. [26] Seo, M. [35] Seunarine, S. [4] Myhr, P Sevle [41] Shah, R. [32] Shefali, Shefali [27] Shimizu, N [44] Silva, M. [4] Skrzypek, B. [18] Smithers, Benjamin R 0000-0003-1273-985X [53] Snihur, R [4] Soedingrekso, Jan 0000-0003-1011-2797 [8] Søgaard, A. [7] Soldin, D. [13] Soldin, P. [14] Sommani, G. [21] Spannfellner, Christian [17] Spiczak, G.M. [4] Spiering, C. [2] Stamatikos, Michael [19] Stanev, Todor S [9] Stezelberger, T. [48] Stürwald, T. [43] Stuttard, T. [7] Sullivan, G.W. [24] Taboada, I. [29] Ter-Antonyan, Samvel V 0000-0002-5788-1369 [45] Terliuk, A. [17] Thiesmeyer, M. [14] Thompson, W.G. [12] Thwaites, J [4] Tilav, Serap [9] Tollefson, K. [42] Tönnis, C. [35] Toscano, S. [6] Tosi, D [4] Trettin, A. [2] Turcotte, R. [27] Twagirayezu, J.P. [42] Elorrieta, Martin Antonio Unland 0000-0002-6124-3255 [31] Upadhyay, Anuj Kumar 0000-0003-1957-2626 [4] [5] Upshaw, Karriem [45] Vaidyanathan, A. [10] Valtonen-Mattila, Nora 0000-0002-1830-098X [22] Vandenbroucke, J [4] van Eijndhoven, N. [37] Vannerom, D. [36] van Santen, J. [2] Vara, J. [31] Veitch-Michaelis, J [4] Venugopal, M. [27] Vereecken, M [41] Verpoest, S [9] Veske, D. [56] Vijai, A. [24] Walck, C. [40] Wang, A [29] Weaver, C. [42] Weigel, P. [36] Weindl, A. [27] Weldert, J [38] Wen, Alex Y 0009-0009-4869-7867 [12] Wendt, C [4] Werthebach, J. [8] Weyrauch, M. [27] Whitehorn, N. [42] Wiebusch, C.H. [14] Williams, D.R. [39] Witthaus, L. [8] Wolf, A. [14] Wolf, M. [17] Wrede, Gerrit [11] Xu, X.W. [45] Yanez, J.P. [54] Yildizci, E [4] Yoshida, S. [44] Young, R. [26] Yu, S. [13] Yuan, T [4] Zhang, Z. [34] Zhelnin, Pavel 0000-0003-1019-8375 [12] Zilberman, P [4] Zimmerman, M [4] Collaboration, The Icecube

Affiliations

  1. [1] Loyola University Chicago
    2. [NORA names: United States; America, North; OECD];
  2. [2] Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
    3. [NORA names: Germany; Europe, EU; OECD];
  3. [3] University of Canterbury
    4. [NORA names: New Zealand; Oceania; OECD];
  4. [4] University of Wisconsin–Madison
    5. [NORA names: United States; America, North; OECD];
  5. [5] Institute of Physics
    6. [NORA names: India; Asia, South];

Abstract

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory relies on an array of photomultiplier tubes to detect Cherenkov light produced by charged particles in the South Pole ice. IceCube data analyses depend on an in-depth characterization of the glacial ice, and on novel approaches in event reconstruction that utilize fast approximations of photoelectron yields. Here, a more accurate model is derived for event reconstruction that better captures our current knowledge of ice optical properties. When evaluated on a Monte Carlo simulation set, the median angular resolution for in-ice particle showers improves by over a factor of three compared to a reconstruction based on a simplified model of the ice. The most substantial improvement is obtained when including effects of birefringence due to the polycrystalline structure of the ice. When evaluated on data classified as particle showers in the high-energy starting events sample, a significantly improved description of the events is observed.

Keywords

Cherenkov light, IceCube, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Monte, Monte Carlo simulation setting, Neutrino Observatory, Observatory, South, South Pole ice, accurate model, analysis, angular resolution, approach, approximation, array, array of photomultiplier tubes, birefringence, characterization, charged particles, data, data analysis, description, detect Cherenkov light, effect, effect of birefringence, event reconstruction, event samples, events, factors, glacial ice, high energy, high-energy starting event sample, ice, ice optical properties, improved description, improvement, in-ice, knowledge, light, median angular resolution, model, optical properties, particle showers, particles, photoelectron yield, photomultiplier tube, polycrystalline structure, properties, reconstruction, resolution, samples, sets, showers, simulation settings, structure, tube, yield

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