Speaker
Dr
Paolo Desiati
(Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Description
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole functions as a detector for high-energy atmospheric muons and neutrinos produced by cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere. At the lowest energies, pion and kaon decays contribute the most to leptonic fluxes. Above a couple of hundred TeV, the prompt decay of charmed mesons becomes more important. The production processes of these prompt leptons are neither well-understood nor well-characterized. In this work we use air showers generated by CORSIKA to study both the muon and neutrino fluxes with the hadronic interaction model, DPMJET 2.55. Atmospheric lepton fluxes at both the surface and at the depth of the IceCube detector are simulated up to 1x109 GeV. Muon bundle multiplicities and lateral distributions are characterized. Additionally, the sensitivity of muon and neutrino energy spectra to cosmic ray primary composition and atmosphere annual modulations are studied.
| Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" | 309 |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | IceCube |
Primary authors
Mrs
Emily Dvorak
(South Dakota School of Mines and Technology)
Mr
Paul Dieterle
(California Institute of Technology)
Co-authors
Dr
Bai Xinhua
(South Dakota School of Mines and Technology)
Mr
Kyle Jero
(Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Dr
Paolo Desiati
(Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
