Optimization of the optical array geometry for IceCube-Gen2

Discussion timeslot (ZOOM-Meeting): 16. July 2021 - 18:00
ZOOM-Meeting URL: https://icrc2021.desy.de/pf_access_abstracts
Corresponding Session: https://icrc2021-venue.desy.de/channel/Presenter-Forum-1-Evening-All-Categories/48
Abstract:
'IceCube-Gen2 is a planned extension of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole designed to study the high-energy neutrino sky from TeV to EeV energies with a five times better point source sensitivity than the current IceCube detector. This is achieved by deploying 120 new strings with attached optical sensors in a pattern around IceCube that features considerably larger distances between individual strings than the ~125m for the existing detector. Here, we present the results of an optimization study searching for the best point source sensitivity while varying the IceCube-Gen2 string spacing between 150m and 350m.'

Authors: Anastasiia Omeliukh | for the IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration
Collaboration: IceCube-Gen2

Indico-ID: 567
Proceeding URL: https://pos.sissa.it/395/1184