Light propagation in the South Pole ice

Journal Article · Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902793· OSTI ID:22390621

Williams, Dawn ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 (United States)

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is located in the ice near the geographic South Pole. Particle showers from neutrino interactions in the ice produce light which is detected by IceCube modules, and the amount and pattern of deposited light are used to reconstruct the properties of the incident neutrino. Since light is scattered and absorbed by ice between the neutrino interaction vertex and the sensor, IceCube event reconstruction depends on understanding the propagation of light through the ice. This paper presents the current status of modeling light propagation in South Pole ice, including the recent observation of an azimuthal anisotropy in the scattering.

• OSTI ID: 22390621
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1630, Issue 1; Conference: VLVvT 13: 6. International Workshop on Very Large Volumte Neutrino Telescopes, Stockholm (Sweden), 5-7 Aug 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ANISOTROPY
DATA PROCESSING
ICE
LIGHT SCATTERING
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
SENSORS
VISIBLE RADIATION