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The LED calibration systems for the mDOM and D-Egg sensor modules of the IceCube Upgrade
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +432
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, instrumenting about 1 km of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole, is due to be enhanced with the IceCube Upgrade. The IceCube Upgrad…
Acceptance Tests of more than 10 000 Photomultiplier Tubes for the multi-PMT Digital Optical Modules of the IceCube Upgrade
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +420
More than 10,000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) with a diameter of 80 mm will be installed in multi-PMT Digital Optical Modules (mDOMs) of the IceCube Upgrade. These have been tested…
Status and plans for the instrumentation of the IceCube Surface Array Enhancement
S. Shefali, Frank G. Schroeder
The surface array of IceCube, IceTop, operates primarily as a cosmic-ray detector, as well as a veto for astrophysical neutrino searches for the IceCube in-ice instrumentation. How…
STRAW-b (STRings for Absorption length in Water-b): the second pathfinder mission for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment
Kilian Holzapfel, Christian Spannfellner, Omid Aghaei +36
Since 2018, the potential for a high-energy neutrino telescope, named the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE), has been thoroughly examined by two pathfinder missions, STRAW…
tilepy: rapid tiling strategies in mid/small FoV observatories
Fabian Schüssler, Halim Ashkar, Mathieu de Bony de Lavergne +1
The challenges inherent to time-domain multi-messenger astronomy require strategic actions so that adapted, optimized follow-up observations are performed efficiently. In particula…
Mechanical design of the optical modules intended for IceCube-Gen2
Yuya Makino
IceCube-Gen2 is an expansion of the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole that aims to increase the sensitivity to high-energy neutrinos by an order of magnitude. To this…
Operations plans and sensitivities of the IceCube Upgrade Camera System
Steven Rodan, Christoph Tönnis, Jiwoong Lee +1
The IceCube Upgrade consists of seven new strings to be deployed in the central region of the existing IceCube detector. The goals of the IceCube Upgrade are two-fold: to enhance s…
A new simulation framework for IceCube Upgrade calibration using IceCube Upgrade Camera system
Christoph Tönnis, Seowon Choi, Carsten Rott +2
Currently, an upgrade consisting of seven densely instrumented strings in the center of the volume of the IceCube detector with new digital optical modules (DOMs) is being built. O…
Enhanced Starting Track Real-time Stream for IceCube
Jesse Osborn, Sarah Mancina, Manuel Silva
IceCube real-time alerts allow for rapid follow-up observations of likely astrophysical neutrino events, enabling searches for multi-messenger counterparts. The Enhanced Starting T…
Electronics Design of the IceCube-Gen2 Optical Module Prototype
Sean Griffin
IceCube-Gen2 is a planned extension to the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory and will provide an order of magnitude increase in the detection rate of cosmic neutrinos by deploy…
Detailed investigations of PMTs in optical sensors for neutrino telescopes such as IceCube Upgrade
Berit Schlüter, Willem Achtermann, Martin Antonio Unland Elorrieta
Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are a central component of neutrino telescopes such as IceCube and KM3NeT, and an accurate understanding and measurement of their properties is indispe…
Performance studies on new 4" photomultiplier types intended for IceCube-Gen2 optical modules
Markus Dittmer, Alexander Kappes
In the upcoming IceCube-Gen2 extension, the newly developed optical modules will include 4-inch PMTs. For this purpose, the manufacturers Hamamatsu and North Night Vision Technolog…
D-Egg: a Dual PMT Optical Module for IceCube
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +389
The D-Egg, an acronym for ``Dual optical sensors in an Ellipsoid Glass for Gen2,'' is one of the optical modules designed for future extensions of the IceCube experiment at the Sou…
Two-Year Optical Site Characterization for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment P-ONE in the Cascadia Basin
Nicolai Bailly, Jeannette Bedard, Michael Böhmer +54
The STRings for Absorption length in Water (STRAW) are the first in a series of pathfinders for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE), a future large-scale neutrino telesco…
Design and performance of the multi-PMT optical module for IceCube Upgrade
T. Anderson, L. Classen, A. T. Fienberg +5
The IceCube Upgrade is the first step towards the next-generation neutrino observatory at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2, and will be installed in the central region of the existing…
A next-generation optical sensor for IceCube-Gen2
Vedant Basu, Aya Ishihara, Markus Dittmer +1
For the in-ice component of the next generation neutrino observatory at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2, a new sensor module is being developed, which is an evolution of the D-Egg and…
A self-monitoring precision calibration light source for large-volume neutrino telescopes
F. Henningsen, M. Boehmer, A. Gärtner +11
With the rise of neutrino astronomy using large-volume detector arrays, calibration improvements of optical media and photosensors have emerged as significant means to reduce detec…
The POCAM as self-calibrating light source for the IceCube Upgrade
Christian Fruck, Felix Henningsen, Christian Spannfellner
The planned IceCube Upgrade, consisting of seven new instrumentation strings, will be installed at the South Pole within 2022/2023. The focus of this upgrade is calibration, reduct…
STRAW (STRings for Absorption length in Water): pathfinder for a neutrino telescope in the deep Pacific Ocean
M. Boehmer, J. Bosma, D. Brussow +29
We report about the design and the initial performances of the pathfinder mission for a possible large scale neutrino telescope named "STRings for Absorption length in Water" (STRA…