A co-deployed dust-logging instrument for the IceCube Upgrade and IceCube-Gen2

Abstract

A precise understanding of the optical properties of the instrumented Antarctic ice sheet is crucial to the performance of optical Cherenkov telescopes such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and its planned successor, IceCube-Gen2. One complication arising from the large envisioned footprint of IceCube-Gen2 is the larger impact of the so-called ice tilt. It describes the undulation of ice layers of constant optical properties within the detector. In this contribution, we will describe the project to build a co-deployed laser dust logger. This is a device to measure the stratigraphy of impurities in the ice to derive the ice tilt. It consists of a light source that will be co-deployed with the photosensor modules, meaning it is part of the deployment string and operated during the deployment of the detector. The newly developed device will be tested during the deployment of the IceCube Upgrade in the 2025/26 austral summer to pave the way for IceCube-Gen2.

Authors 95

1. Anna Eimer Aachen III. Physikalisches Institut

   RWTH Aachen University · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

   Affiliation as printed

   Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg

   III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany

2. Martin Rongen Aachen III. Physikalisches Institut

   RWTH Aachen University · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

   Affiliation as printed

   Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg

   III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany

3. Rasha Abbasi
4. Markus Ackermann
5. Jenni Adams
6. Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla
7. Juanan Aguilar

   Université Libre de Bruxelles

   Affiliation as printed

   Université Libre de Bruxelles , Science Faculty CP230 , B-1050 Brussels , Belgium

8. M. Ahlers
9. Jean-Marco Alameddine
10. Shoukat Ali
11. Najia Moureen Binte Amin
12. K. Andeen
13. Carlos A. Argüelles
14. Yosuke Ashida
15. Sofia Athanasiadou
16. Spencer Axani
17. Rishi Babu
18. X. Bai
19. Joe Baines-Holmes
20. Aswathi Balagopal V
21. Steven W. Barwick
22. Simeon Bash
23. Vedant Basu
24. Ryan Carlton Bay

    University of California, Berkeley

    Affiliation as printed

    Dept. of Physics , University of California , Berkeley , CA 94720 , USA

25. J. J. Beatty
26. Julia Becker Tjus

    Ruhr University Bochum

    Affiliation as printed

    Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie , Ruhr-Universität Bochum , D-44780 Bochum , Germany

27. Jakob Beise
28. Chiara Bellenghi
29. Bruno Benkel
30. S. BenZvi
31. David Berley
32. E. Bernardini
33. D. Z. Besson
34. E. Blaufuss
35. Lucas Bloom
36. Summer Blot
37. Ilya Bodo
38. Federico Bontempo
39. Caterina Boscolo Meneguolo
40. Sebastian BOSER
41. O. Botner
42. Jakob Bottcher Aachen III. Physikalisches Institut

    RWTH Aachen University · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Affiliation as printed

    Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg

    III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany

43. Jim Braun
44. Bennett Brinson

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Affiliation as printed

    School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , GA 30332 , USA

45. Zoe Brisson-Tsavoussis
46. Ryan T. Burley

    The University of Adelaide

    Affiliation as printed

    Department of Physics , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , 5005 , Australia

47. Delaney Butterfield
48. Kiara Carloni
49. Jose Carpio
50. Thien Nhan Chau
51. Zheyang Chen
52. D. Chirkin
53. Seowon Choi
54. Brian Clark
55. Alan Coleman
56. Peter John Cusack Coleman Aachen III. Physikalisches Institut

    RWTH Aachen University · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Affiliation as printed

    Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg

    III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany

57. Gabriel Collin
58. Diego Alberto Coloma Borja
59. A. Connolly
60. Janet M. Conrad
61. Rebecca Corley
62. D. F. Cowen
63. Catherine DE CLERCQ
64. James DeLaunay
65. Diyaselis Delgado
66. Thomas Delmeulle

    Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Affiliation as printed

    Université Libre de Bruxelles , Science Faculty CP230 , B-1050 Brussels , Belgium

67. Shuyang Deng Aachen III. Physikalisches Institut

    RWTH Aachen University · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Affiliation as printed

    Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg

    III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany

68. P. Desiati
69. Krijn de Vries
70. G. de Wasseige
71. T. DeYoung
72. Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez
73. Stephen DiKerby
74. Markus Dittmer
75. Alba Domi
76. Lincoln Draper
77. Lasse Dueser Aachen III. Physikalisches Institut

    RWTH Aachen University · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Affiliation as printed

    Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg

    III. Physikalisches Institut , RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen , Germany

78. Daniel Durnford
79. Kaustav Dutta
80. M. A. DuVernois
81. Thomas Ehrhardt
82. Leonhard Eidenschink
83. P. Eller
84. Enrico Ellinger
85. Dominik Elsässer
86. Ralph Engel
87. Hannah Erpenbeck
88. Waleed Esmail
89. Steven Eulig
90. John L. Evans
91. Paul A. Evenson
92. Kwok Lung Fan
93. Kareem Ramadan Farrag
94. Ali R. Fazely

    Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

    Affiliation as printed

    Dept. of Physics , Southern University , Baton Rouge , LA 70813 , USA

95. Anatoli Fedynitch