Preliminary Design Document by Section
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- Introduction
- 1 Document Overview
- 2 Executive Summary
- 3 Science Motivation for Kilometer-Scale Detectors
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3.1 High-Energy Neutrinos Associated with Cosmic Particle Accelerators
- 3.1.1 Energy Considerations
- 3.1.2 Estimates Based on Models
- 3.1.3 Neutrinos as a Diagnostic of TeV Gamma-Ray Sources
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3.2 Other Science Opportunities
- 3.2.1 WIMPs and Other Sources of Sub-TeV νμ
- 3.2.2 Atmospheric Neutrinos
- 3.2.3 PeV and EeV Neutrinos
- 3.2.4 Tau Neutrino Detection
- 3.2.5 Neutrinos from Supernovae
- 3.3 Summary
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3.1 High-Energy Neutrinos Associated with Cosmic Particle Accelerators
- 4 Status of High Energy Neutrino Astronomy
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4.1 Status of AMANDA
- 4.1.1 Atmospheric Neutrinos
- 4.1.2 Pointing Resolution
- 4.1.3 Search for a diffuse high energy neutrino
- 4.1.4 Point Sources
- 4.1.5 Gamma-Ray Bursts
- 4.1.6 WIMPs
- 4.1.7 Supernovae
- 4.1.8 Magnetic Monopoles
- 4.1.9 Summary of AMANDA Status
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4.1 Status of AMANDA
- 5 Expected IceCube Performance
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Atmospheric Neutrinos
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5.3 Muon-Neutrino-Induced Muons
- 5.3.1 Simulation
- 5.3.2 Reconstruction and Background Rejection
- 5.3.3 Sensitivity to Diffuse Sources of Muon Neutrinos
- 5.3.4 Sensitivity to Muon Neutrino Point Sources
- 5.3.5 Sensitivity to Muon Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts
- 5.3.6 Possible Improvements
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5.4 Electromagnetic and Hadronic Cascades
- 5.4.1 Simulation
- 5.4.2 Reconstruction
- 5.4.3 Effective Volume
- 5.4.4 Sensitivity to Atmospheric ν
- 5.4.5 Sensitivity to Point Sources
- 5.4.6 Sensitivity to Diffuse νe Sources
- 5.4.7 Sensitivity to GRBs
- 5.4.8 Possible Improvements
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5.5 Tau Neutrinos
- 5.5.1 Tau Neutrino Event Rates
- 5.5.2 Tau Neutrino Simulations
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5.6 Neutrino Flavor Differentiation with Waveform Digitization
- 5.6.1 Photon Flux Distribution Generated by High Energy Cascades
- 5.6.2 ντ Event Signatures
- 5.6.3 Summary
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5.7 Lower Energy Phenomena and Exotica
- 5.7.1 Muon Neutrinos from WIMP annihilation
- 5.7.2 Neutrino oscillations
- 5.7.3 MeV Neutrinos from Supernovae
- 5.7.4 Relativistic magnetic monopoles
- 5.7.5 Slowly moving, bright particles
- 5.8 IceCube Configuration Flexibility
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5.9 Calibration of High-Level Detector Response Variables
- 5.9.1 Geometry Calibration
- 5.9.2 Calibration of Angular Response
- 5.9.3 Calibration of Vertex Resolution
- 5.9.4 Energy Calibration
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5.10 IceTop
- 5.10.1 Tagged Muon Bundles
- 5.10.2 IceTop as a Veto
- 5.10.3 Cosmic-ray Physics
- 6 Experimental Requirements
- 7 Design and Description of IceCube
- 7.1 Overview
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7.2 Digital Optical Module
- 7.2.1 Pressure Housing
- 7.2.2 Optical Sensor
- 7.2.3 PMT HV Generator
- 7.2.4 Optical Beacon
- 7.2.5 Signal Processing Circuitry
- 7.2.6 Local/Global Time Transformation
- 7.2.7 Cable Electrical Length Measurement
- 7.2.8 Data Flow and Feature Extraction
- 7.2.9 Local Coincidence
- 7.2.10 System Design Aspects
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7.3 Network
- 7.3.1 Copper Links
- 7.3.2 Time-Base Distribution
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7.4 Surface DAQ
- 7.4.1 Overview
- 7.4.2 DOM Hub
- 7.4.3 String Processor
- 7.4.4 IceCube and IceTop System Integration
- 7.4.5 Experiment and Configuration Control
- 7.4.6 Security Environment
- 7.4.7 DAQ Components
- 7.4.8 Calibration Operations
- 7.4.9 DAQ and Online Monitoring
- 7.4.10 DAQ Computing Environment
- 7.5 AMANDA Data Transmission Techniques
- 8 Data Handling
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8.1 System Elements
- 8.1.1 Software Management
- 8.1.2 System Engineering
- 8.1.3 Development Environment
- 8.1.4 Analysis Framework
- 8.1.5 Database
- 8.1.6 Visualization
- 8.1.7 Development Interfaces
- 8.1.8 Integration at Pole
- 8.1.9 Hardware
- 8.1.10 Data Distribution
- 8.2 Offline Data Flow
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8.3 Data Model
- 8.3.1 High Multiplicity
- 8.3.2 Upgoing Tracks
- 8.3.3 Cascades/Taus
- 8.3.4 GRB Downgoing Muons
- 8.3.5 Icetop
- 8.3.6 Supernova
- 8.3.7 Prescaled Raw Data
- 8.3.8 Monitor
- 8.3.9 Calibration
- 8.3.10 Full-Sky Summary Histograms
- 8.3.11 Unfiltered Raw
- 8.4 Data Sample Organization
- 8.5 Latency
- 8.6 Schedule
- 8.7 Summary
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8.1 System Elements
- 9 Data Analysis
- 9.1 Introduction
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9.2 Analysis Infrastructure
- 9.2.1 Calibration Analysis and Data Quality Working Group
- 9.2.2 Simulation Working Group
- 9.2.3 Reconstruction Working Group
- 9.3 Computing Infrastructure
- 9.4 Physics Analysis
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9.5 Internal Review Procedure
- 9.5.1 Introduction
- 9.5.2 Procedure
- 9.6 Prerequisites and Schedule
- 10 Drilling, Deployment and Logistics
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10.1 Drilling
- 10.1.1 Introduction
- 10.1.2 Evolution of AMANDA Drills
- 10.1.3 Performance Criteria and Design of the EHWD
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10.2 Deployment
- 10.2.1 Overview
- 10.2.2 AMANDA Experience
- 10.2.3 AMANDA Deployment
- 10.2.4 IceCube Deployment Overview
- 10.2.5 IceCube String Deployment Procedure
- 10.2.6 IceCube Indoor Deployment
- 10.2.7 IceCube Drill Hole Requirements
- 10.2.8 Quality Assurance
- 10.2.9 Practice Deployments
- 10.2.10 Surface Cable Installation
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10.3 Logistics
- 10.3.1 Introduction
- 10.3.2 Documentation
- 10.3.3 Personnel and Taskings
- 10.3.4 Medical/Dental Examinations
- 10.3.5 Airline Travel
- 10.3.6 Weights and Cubes
- 10.3.7 Cargo Transport
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10.1 Drilling
- 11 Quality Assurance
- 12 Relationship of AMANDA and IceCube
- References
