The design study of IceCube DeepCore [Elektronische Ressource] : characterization and veto studies / put forward by Olaf Schulz

The design study of IceCubeDeepCore: Characterization andveto studiesOlaf SchulzMax-Planck Institut fur KernphysikHeidelberg 2010Dissertationsubmitted to theCombined Faculties of the Natural Sciences and Mathematicsof the Ruperto-Carola-University of Heidelberg, Germanyfor the degree ofDoctor of Natural SciencesPut forward byOlaf Schulzborn in Hamburg, Germanyoral examination: 21.07.2010The design study of IceCube DeepCore:Characterization and veto studiesReferees: Privatdozent Dr. Konrad Bernl ohrProf. Dr. Christopher WiebuschAbstractIn this thesis the design study for the low energy extension to the IceCube neutrinotelescope, called DeepCore, is presented. IceCube and DeepCore are currently underconstruction at the geographic South Pole, Antarctica. With DeepCore the energythreshold of IceCube is signi cantly lowered, opening new possibilities to, e.g., improvelow-energy point source searches, to measure standard vacuum neutrino oscillationsand to increase the sensitivity to solar dark matter annihilation signals. In parallel tothe DeepCore design study a, software based, active atmospheric muon veto techniquehas been developed, which for the rst time, allows IceCube to measure neutrinos witha full sky (4) acceptance, although at a signi cantly reduced e ective volume.