Speaker
Description
Since its completion more than a decade ago, IceCube has discovered the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux and begun to identify galactic and extragalactic neutrino emission. Despite this initial success, there are still opportunities in neutrino astronomy. In particular, understanding the diffuse flux's high-energy behavior and tau neutrino fraction are of interest. The Tau Air-Shower, Mountain-Based Observatory (TAMBO) will address this by enabling a high-purity tau neutrino signal in the energy range between 1 PeV and 100 PeV. TAMBO consists of an array of particle detectors arranged on one side of a deep canyon. These panels would detect charged-tau-lepton-induced air showers arising from tau neutrino interactions within the other side of the canyon. To maximize TAMBO's physics impact, the detector footprint should undergo optimization of angular resolution, energy resolution, and event rate. In this contribution, I will discuss progress towards optimizing the detector geometry using surrogate models of the simulation.
