Mapping the ice stratigraphy in IceCube using camera deployment footage
International Cosmic Ray Conference, pp. 1035
Abstract
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov array deployed in the deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole. An important feature of the instrumented ice are undulations of layers of constant optical properties over the footprint of the detector. During detector construction, these layers were mapped using stratigraphy measurements obtained from a stand-alone laser dust logger. While this system is very precise, its cost does not scale to the instrumented volume envisioned for the proposed IceCube-Gen2 Observatory. Here, we explore the possibility of obtaining equivalent stratigraphy data from camera footage recorded during the deployment of IceCube more than a decade ago. If successful, this could be an alternative technique to be considered for IceCube-Gen2.
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · RWTH Aachen University
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Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · RWTH Aachen University
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Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany
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Université Libre de Bruxelles , Science Faculty CP230 , B-1050 Brussels , Belgium
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University of California, Berkeley
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Dept. of Physics , University of California , Berkeley , CA 94720 , USA
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Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie , Ruhr-Universität Bochum , D-44780 Bochum , Germany
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · RWTH Aachen University
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Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , GA 30332 , USA
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Department of Physics , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , 5005 , Australia
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · RWTH Aachen University
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Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Université Libre de Bruxelles , Science Faculty CP230 , B-1050 Brussels , Belgium
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · RWTH Aachen University
Affiliation as printed
Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · RWTH Aachen University
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Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany
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Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
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Dept. of Physics , Southern University , Baton Rouge , LA 70813 , USA
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