Supernova neutrinos in AMANDA and IceCube [Elektronische Ressource] : Monte Carlo development and data analysis / Thomas Kowarik

Supernova Neutrinosin AMANDA and IceCube-Monte Carlo Developmentand Data AnalysisDissertationzur Erlangung des Grades„Doktor der Naturwissenschaften“am Fachbereich Physik derJohannes Gutenberg-Universität MainzThomas Kowarikgeboren in RüsselsheimMainz, den 22.07.2010Supernova Neutrinos in AMANDA and IceCube:Monte Carlo Development and Data AnalysisTag der Einreichung: 22.07.2010Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 22.11.2010Thomas KowarikETAPInstitut für PhysikStaudingerweg 7Johannes Gutenberg-UniversitätD-55099 Mainzthomas.kowarik@uni-mainz.deAbstractSupernovae are among the most energetic events occurring in the universe and are sofar the only verified extrasolar source of neutrinos. As the explosion mechanism is stillnot well understood, recording a burstof neutrinos fromsuch astellar explosion wouldbe animportant benchmark forparticle physics as well as for the core collapse models.The neutrino telescope IceCube is located at the Geographic South Pole and monitorsthe antarctic glacier for Cherenkov photons. Even though it was conceived for thedetection of high energy neutrinos, it is capable of identifying a burst of low energyneutrinos ejected from a supernova in the Milky Way by exploiting the low photo-multiplier noise in the antarctic ice and extracting a collective rate increase. A signalMonte Carlo specifically developed for water Cherenkov telescopes is presented.