Neutrino oscillation studies with IceCube-DeepCore

被引:13
作者
Aartsen, M. G. [2 ]
Abraham, K. [36 ]
Ackermann, M. [53 ]
Adams, J. [17 ]
Aguilar, J. A. [54 ]
Ahlers, M. [32 ,33 ]
Ahrens, M. [44 ,45 ]
Altmann, D. [26 ]
Anderson, T. [50 ]
Ansseau, I. [54 ]
Archinger, M. [34 ]
Arguelles, C. [32 ,33 ]
Arlen, T. C. [50 ]
Auffenberg, J. [1 ,29 ]
Bai, X. [42 ]
Barwick, S. W.
Baum, V. [34 ]
Bay, R. [8 ]
Beatty, J. J. [19 ,20 ,21 ]
Tjus, J. Becker [11 ]
Becker, K. -H. [52 ]
Beiser, E. [32 ,33 ]
Berghaus, P. [53 ]
Berley, D. [18 ]
Bernardini, E. [53 ]
Bernhard, A. [36 ]
Besson, D. Z. [30 ]
Binder, G. [8 ,9 ]
Bindig, D. [52 ]
Bissok, M. [1 ,29 ]
Blaufuss, E. [18 ]
Blumenthal, J. [1 ,29 ]
Boersma, D. J. [51 ]
Bohm, C. [44 ,45 ]
Boerner, M. [23 ]
Bos, F. [11 ]
Bose, D. [46 ]
Boeser, S. [34 ]
Botner, O. [51 ]
Braun, J. [32 ,33 ]
Brayeur, L. [14 ]
Bretz, H. -P. [53 ]
Buzinsky, N. [25 ]
Casey, J. [5 ,6 ]
Casier, M. [14 ]
Cheung, E. [18 ]
Chirkin, D. [32 ,33 ]
Christov, A. [27 ]
Clark, K. [47 ]
Classen, L. [26 ]
机构
[1] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Phys 3, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
[2] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[3] Univ Alaska Anchorage, Dept Phys & Astron, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 USA
[4] Clark Atlanta Univ, CTSPS, Atlanta, GA 30314 USA
[5] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Phys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[6] Georgia Inst Technol, Ctr Relativist Astrophys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[7] Southern Univ, Dept Phys, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA
[8] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[9] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[10] Humboldt Univ, Inst Phys, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[11] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Fak Phys & Astron, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
[12] Univ Bonn, Inst Phys, Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[13] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Sci Fac CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[14] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[15] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[16] Chiba Univ, Dept Phys, Chiba 2638522, Japan
[17] Univ Canterbury, Dept Phys & Astron, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 1, New Zealand
[18] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[19] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[20] Ohio State Univ, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[21] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[22] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
[23] Tech Univ Dortmund, Dept Phys, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
[24] Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[25] Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
[26] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen Ctr Astroparticle Phys, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
[27] Univ Geneva, Dept Phys Nucl & Corpulsculaire, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[28] Univ Ghent, Dept Phys & Astron, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[29] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
[30] Univ Kansas, Dept Phys & Astron, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[31] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Astron, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[32] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[33] Univ Wisconsin, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophys Ctr, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[34] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[35] Univ Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
[36] Tech Univ Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[37] Univ Delaware, Bartol Res Inst, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[38] Univ Delaware, Dept Phys & Astron, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[39] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[40] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, 1 Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
[41] Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[42] South Dakota Sch Mines & Technol, Dept Phys, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
[43] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, River Falls, WI 54022 USA
[44] Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[45] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[46] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Phys, Suwon 440746, South Korea
[47] Univ Toronto, Dept Phys, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada
[48] Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
[49] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[50] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 澳大利亚研究理事会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 新加坡国家研究基金会; 瑞典研究理事会; 瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
HIGH-ENERGY; ICE;
D O I
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.03.028
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
IceCube, a gigaton-scale neutrino detector located at the South Pole, was primarily designed to search for astrophysical neutrinos with energies of PeV and higher. This goal has been achieved with the detection of the highest energy neutrinos to date. At the other end of the energy spectrum, the DeepCore extension lowers the energy threshold of the detector to approximately 10 GeV and opens the door for oscillation studies using atmospheric neutrinos. An analysis of the disappearance of these neutrinos has been completed, with the results produced being complementary with dedicated oscillation experiments. Following a review of the detector principle and performance, the method used to make these calculations, as well as the results, is detailed. Finally, the future prospects of IceCube-DeepCore and the next generation of neutrino experiments at the South Pole (IceCube-Gen2, specifically the PINGU sub-detector) are briefly discussed. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP(3).
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页码:161 / 177
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