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IceCubeDetectorforNeutrinos
RuiLimingBaiXuening
Outlines
• 1Experimentalmechanism• 2Instruments• 3 Experimentalgoals
3.1Pointsourcesofhighenergyneutrinos3.2Gammaray3.3Indirectdarkmattersearches3.4NeutrinoPhysics
Experimentalmechanism
1whatisneutrino?tinyrestmass---->directcapture?electricallyneutral---->magneticforce?interactsonlyviatheweaksubatomicforceandgravity---->undetected!
Experimentalmechanism
• betacapture(1942wangganchang)• Cowan–Reinesneutrinoexperiment
(1995NobelPrize)
• Nuetrinosreactwiththemoleculesofwaterintheice,theycancreatechargedleptons(electrons,muons,ortaus)
• Cherenkovradiation0.99c(chargedparticle,muon)>0.75c(speedoflightintheice)
• highenergyneutrinos(10^11~10^21eV)
Amundsen–ScottSouthPoleStation
Instruments
1760m
• "track"indicator:muons
• "cascade"indicator:electrons,taus(PeV)
• howtorejectecosmicraymuons:• forcusontheup-goingevents
mechanism
"doublebang"20PeV/m
no-oscillation(NO)
normalhierarchy(NH)
invertedhierarchy(IH).
Purewater Ice
LiquidArgonLiquidScintillator
IceCubecanrecordethelargestnumber
ShaquannSetal,2018
astrophysicalneutrinosource
AGNcosmicrayneutrinosdecaySupernova,GRBs,GW...sun(PPchain,CNOcycle)
experimentalgoals
multimessengerastrophysics(CCSN)
ShaquannSetal,2018
P.M.Garnavichetal,2016
• Model: thedecayproductsofneutralandchargedpionsfromppinteractionsareresponsibleforthenon-thermalemissionintheUniverse
CosmicRayPhysics
MarkusAhlersetal,2015
DarkMatter
CascadeAnalysis:non-zerodarkmattercomponent?
TheIceCubeCollaboration*,2018
NeutrinoPhysicsMeasurementofthemulti-TeVneutrinointeractioncross-sectionwithIceCubeusingEarthabsorption
measuredthecross-sectiontimesthepredictionofthestandardmodelforcharged- and neutral-currentinteractionsintheenergyrangefrom6.3TeVto980TeV
TheIceCubeCollaboration*,2017
• PINGU(thePrecisionIceCubeNextGenerationUpgrade)
1low-energyinfillextension
2energythresholdofafewGeV
3chiefgoal:determiningtheneutrinomasshierarchy(NMH)
conclusion
• DetectCherenkovradiationemittedbytheproductsofneutrinowithenergyaboutPeV.• Muonsare'track'events,electronsandtausare'cascade'events.• IceCubecanbeusedtoinvestigateneutrinoastronomy,cosmicray,darkmatterandneutrinophysics.
Reference• SearchforneutrinosfromdecayingdarkmatterwithIceCube;IceCubeCollaboration:M.G.Aartsenetal;arXiv:1804.03848
• Measurementofthemulti-TeVneutrinointeractioncross-sectionwithIceCubeusingEarthabsorption;TheIceCubeCollaboration;doi:10.1038/nature24459
• TheIceCubeNeutrinoObservatory:InstrumentationandOnlineSystems;TheIceCubeCollaborationM.G.Aartsenetal;arXiv:1612.05093
• ConstraintsonUltrahigh-EnergyCosmic-RaySourcesfromaSearchforNeutrinosAbove10PeVwithIceCube;IceCubeCollaboration:M.G.Aartsenetal;(Journal)PhysicalReviewLetters117(2016)241101
• ShockBreakoutandEarlyLightCurvesofTypeII-PSupernovaeObservedwithKepler;P.M.Garnavichetal;doi10.3847/0004-637X/820/1/23
• NeutrinoSignalsofCore-CollapseSupernovaeinUndergroundDetectors;ShaquannSeadrowetal;arXiv:1804.00689