Speaker
Description
The Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade (PINGU) is a proposed low-energy in-fill extension to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory that will feature the world's largest effective mass of a few MTon for neutrinos at an energy threshold of a few GeV. The unprecedented statistical sample of GeV-scale atmospheric neutrinos will enable PINGU to quickly and at a modest cost investigate the following: determination of the neutrino mass ordering, non-maximal $\theta_{23}$ and an ensuing octant determination, and unitarity of the neutrino mixing matrix via $\nu_\tau$ appearance. The physics topics extend beyond oscillation-based analyses to include tomography of the Earth’s core and indirect dark matter searches.
The status of the project will be presented.
