Speaker
Douglas Cowen
(Pennsylvania State University)
Description
The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) is a proposed IceCube in-fill array designed to measure the neutrino mass hierarchy using atmospheric neutrino interactions in the ice cap at the South Pole. PINGU will have a neutrino energy threshold of a few GeV with a multi-megaton effective volume. We present PINGU's expected sensitivity to the hierarchy with optimized geometry and with consideration of a full complement of systematic uncertainties. We also present PINGU sensitivity to other topics in neutrino oscillations, as well as to low-mass dark matter and earth core composition.
Author
Douglas Cowen
(Pennsylvania State University)
