| Title: |
Performance studies for a next-generation optical sensor for IceCube-Gen2 |
| Authors: |
The IceCube Gen2 Collaboration; Shimizu, Nobuhiro; Kappes, Alexander; Ishihara, Aya; Abbasi, Rasha; Ackermann, Markus; Adams, Jenni; Aguilar, Juanan; Ahlers, M.; Ahrens, Maryon; Alispach, Cyril Martin; Alves Junior, Antonio Augusto; Amin, Najia Moureen Binte; An, Rui; Andeen, Karen; Anderson, Tyler; Anton, Gisela; Arguelles, Carlos; Ashida, Yosuke; Axani, Spencer; Bai, Xinhua; Balagopal V., Aswathi; Barbano, Anastasia Maria; Barwick, S. W.; Bastian, Benjamin; Basu, Vedant; Baur, Sebastian; Bay, R. C.; Beatty, J. J.; Becker, K.-H.; Becker Tjus, Julia; Bellenghi, Chiara; BenZvi, Segev; Berley, D.; Bernardini, Elisa; Besson, D. Z.; Binder, Gary; Bindig, Daniel; Blaufuss, E.; Blot, Summer; Boddenberg, Matthias; Bontempo, Federico; Borowka, Jurgen; Boser, S.; Botner, Olga; Bottcher, Jakob; Bourbeau, Etienne; Bradascio, Federica; Braun, J.; Bron, Stephanie; Brostean-Kaiser, Jannes; Browne, Sally-Ann; Burgman, Alexander; Burley, Ryan; Busse, Raffaela; Campana, Michael; Carnie-Bronca, Erin; Chen, Chujie; Chirkin, Dmitry; Choi, Koun; Clark, Brian; Clark, Kenneth; Classen, Lew; Coleman, Alan; Collin, Gabriel; Conrad, J. M.; Coppin, Paul; Correa, Pablo; Cowen, D. F.; Cross, R.; Dappen, Christian; Dave, Pranav; Clercq, Catherine De; DeLaunay, James; Dembinski, Hans; Deoskar, Kunal; De Ridder, Sam; Desai, Abhishek; Desiati, Paolo; Vries, Krijn De; Wasseige, Gwenhaël de; De With, Meike; DeYoung, Tyce; Dharani, Sukeerthi; Diaz, Alejandro; Diaz-Velez, Juan Carlos; Dittmer, Markus; Dujmovic, Hrvoje; Dunkman, Matt; DuVernois, Michael; Dvorak, Emily; Ehrhardt, Thomas; Eller, Philipp; Engel, Ralph; Erpenbeck, Hannah; Evans, John; Evenson, P. A.; Fan, Kwok Lung; Fazely, A. R.; Fiedlschuster, Sebastian; Fienberg, Aaron; Filimonov, Kirill; Finley, Chad; Fischer, Leander; Fox, Derek B.; Franckowiak, Anna; Friedman, Elizabeth; Fritz, Alexander; Furst, Philipp; Gaisser, T. K.; Gallagher, Jay; Ganster, Erik; Garcia, Alfonso; Garrappa, Simone; Gerhardt, L.; Ghadimi, Ava; Glaser, Christian; Glauch, Theo; Glusenkamp, Thorsten; Goldschmidt, A.; Gonzalez, Javier; Goswami, Sreetama; Grant, Darren; Grégoire, Timothée; Griswold, Spencer; Gunduz, Mehmet; Günther, Christoph; Haack, Christian; Hallgren, Allan; Halliday, R.; Halve, L.; Halzen, F.; Ha Minh, Martin; Hanson, Kael; Hardin, John; Harnisch, Alexander A.; Haungs, Andreas; Hauser, Simon; Hebecker, Dustin; Helbing, K.; Henningsen, Felix; Hettinger, Emma C.; Hickford, Stephanie; Hignight, Joshua; Hill, Colton; Hill, G. C.; Hoffman, Kara; Hoffmann, Ruth; Hoinka, Tobias; Hokanson-Fasig, Benjamin; Hoshina, K.; Huang, Feifei; Huber, Matthias; Huber, Thomas; Hultqvist, Klas; Hunnefeld, Mirco; Hussain, Raamis; In, Seongjin; Iovine, Nadège; Jansson, Matti; Japaridze, George; Jeong, Minjin; Jones, Ben; Kang, Donghwa; Kang, Woosik; Kang, Xinyue; Kappesser, David; Karg, Timo; Karl, Martina; Karle, A.; Katz, U.; Kauer, M.; Kellermann, Moritz; Kelley, J. L.; Kheirandish, Ali; Kin, Ken'ichi; Kintscher, Thomas; Kiryluk, Joanna; Klein, Spencer; Koirala, Ramesh; Kolanoski, Hermann; Kontrimas, Tomas; Kopke, Lutz; Kopper, Claudio; Kopper, Sandro; Koskinen, D. J.; Koundal, Paras; Kovacevich, Michael; Kowalski, Marek; Kozynets, Tetiana; Kun, Emma; Kurahashi, Naoko; Lad, Neha; Lagunas Gualda, Cristina; Lanfranchi, Justin; Larson, M. J.; Lauber, Frederik Hermann; Lazar, Jeffrey; Lee, Jiwoong; Leonard, Kayla; Leszczyńska, Agnieszka; Li, Yijia; Lincetto, Massimiliano; Liu, Qinrui; Liubarska, Maria; Lohfink, Elisa; Lozano Mariscal, Cristian Jesus; Lu, Lu; Lucarelli, Francesco; Ludwig, Andrew; Luszczak, William; Lyu, Yang; Ma, Wing Yan; Madsen, James; Mahn, Kendall; Makino, Yuya; Mancina, Sarah; Maris, Ioana Codrina; Maruyama, Reina H.; Mase, K.; McElroy, Thomas; McNally, Frank; Mead, James Vincent; Meagher, K.; Medina, Andres; Meier, Maximilian; Meighen-Berger, Stephan; Micallef, Jessie; Mockler, Daniela; Montaruli, Teresa; Moore, Roger; Morse, R.; Moulai, Marjon; Naab, Richard; Nagai, Ryo; Naumann, Uwe; Necker, Jannis; Nguyen, Le Viet; Niederhausen, Hans; Nisa, Mehr; Nowicki, Sarah; Nygren, Dave; Obertacke Pollmann, Anna; Oehler, Marie; Olivas, A.; O'Sullivan, Erin; Pandya, Hershal; Pankova, Daria; Park, Nahee; Parker, Grant; Paudel, Ek Narayan; Paul, Larissa; Perez de los Heros, Carlos; Peters, Lilly; Peterson, Josh; Philippen, Saskia; Pieloth, Damian; Pieper, Sarah; Pittermann, Martin; Pizzuto, A.; Plum, M.; Popovych, Yuiry; Porcelli, Alessio; Prado Rodriguez, Maria; Price, P. Buford; Pries, Brandom; Przybylski, Gerald; Raab, Christoph; Raissi, Amirreza; Rameez, Mohamed; Rawlins, K.; Rea, Immacolata Carmen; Rehman, Abdul; Reichherzer, Patrick; Reimann, René; Renzi, Giovanni; Resconi, Elisa; Reusch, Simeon; Rhode, Wolfgang; Richman, Mike; Riedel, Benedikt; Roberts, Ella; Robertson, Sally; Roellinghoff, Gerrit; Rongen, Martin; Rott, Carsten; Ruhe, Tim; Ryckbosch, Dirk; Rysewyk Cantu, Devyn; Safa, Ibrahim; Saffer, Julian; Sanchez Herrera, Sebastian; Sandrock, Alexander; Sandroos, Joakim; Santander, Marcos; Sarkar, Subir; Sarkar, Sourav; Satalecka, Konstancja; Scharf, Maximilian Karl; Schaufel, Merlin; Schieler, Harald; Schindler, Sebastian; Schlunder, P.; Schmidt, Torsten; Schneider, Austin; Schneider, Judith; Schröder, Frank G.; Schumacher, Lisa Johanna; Schwefer, Georg; Sclafani, Steve; Seckel, D.; Seunarine, Surujhdeo; Sharma, Ankur; Shefali, Shefali; Silva, Manuel; Skrzypek, Barbara; Smithers, Ben; Snihur, Robert; Soedingrekso, Jan; Soldin, Dennis; Spannfellner, Christian; Spiczak, Glenn; Spiering, Christian; Stachurska, Juliana; Stamatikos, Michael; Stanev, T.; Stein, Robert; Stettner, Joeran; Steuer, A.; Stezelberger, T.; Sturwald, Timo; Stuttard, Thomas; Sullivan, G. W.; Taboada, I.; Tenholt, Frederik; Ter-Antonyan, Samvel; Tilav, S.; Tischbein, Franziska; Tollefson, Kirsten; Tomankova, Lenka; Tönnis, Christoph; Toscano, Simona; Tosi, Delia; Trettin, Alexander; Tselengidou, Maria; Tung, Chunfai; Turcati, Andrea; Turcotte, Roxanne; Turley, Colin; Twagirayezu, Jean Pierre; Ty, Bunheng; Unland Elorrieta, Martin; Valtonen-Mattila, Nora; Vandenbroucke, Justin; Eijndhoven, Nick Van; Vannerom, David; Santen, Jakob Van; Verpoest, Stef; Vraeghe, Matthias; Walck, C.; Watson, Timothyblake; Weaver, Chris; Weigel, Philip; Weindl, Andreas; Weiss, Matthew; Weldert, Jan; Wendt, Chris; Werthebach, Johannes; Weyrauch, Mark; Whitehorn, Nathan; Wiebusch, C. H.; Williams, Dawn; Wolf, Martin; Woschnagg, Kurt; Wrede, Gerrit; Wulff, Johan; Xu, Xianwu; Xu, Yiqian; Yanez, Juan Pablo; Yoshida, S.; Yu, Shiqi; Yuan, Tianlu; Zhang, Zelong; Hoffmann, Benjamin; Huege, Tim; Riegel, Michael; Veberic, Darko |
| Source: |
ISSN: 1824-8039. |
| Publisher Information: |
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie) |
| Subject Terms: |
ddc:530; Physics; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 |
| Description: |
We present performance studies of a segmented optical module for the IceCube-Gen2 detector. Based on the experience gained in sensor development for the IceCube Upgrade, the new sensor will consist of up to eighteen 4 inch PMTs housed in a transparent pressure vessel, providing homogeneous angular coverage. The use of custom molded optical `gel pads' around the PMTs enhances the photon capture rate via total internal reflection at the gel-air interface. This contribution presents simulation studies of various sensor, PMT, and gel pad geometries aimed at optimizing the sensitivity of the optical module in the face of confined space and harsh environmental conditions at the South Pole. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper; conference object |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1824-8039 |
| Relation: |
Pos proceedings of science; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1824-8039; https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000138575; https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000138575/128490074; https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000138575 |
| DOI: |
10.5445/IR/1000138575 |
| Availability: |
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000138575; https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000138575/128490074; https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000138575 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F6D95918 |
| Database: |
BASE |