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The AMANDA-II Telescope- Status and First Results - The AMANDA-II Telescope
- Status and First Results -
Ralf Wischnewski / DESY-Zeuthenfor the
AMANDA Collaboration
TAUP2001, September 2001, LNGS/Italy
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HE ’ Telescopes …HE ’ Telescopes …
HE -Telescopes are still ”novel” instruments proving sensitivity to their primary channels
N X
e N e X from Astrophysical Sources ( Point / Diffuse )
calibration possible only with atmospheric ‘s
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OutlineOutline
1. AMANDA-II Detector
2. Calibration of the AMANDA-B10 detector with Atmospheric ‘s Physics results from B10/1997, see A.Hallgren
3. Performance & Sensitivity of AMANDA-II
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AMANDA-II Construction AMANDA-II Construction
1996 4 strings, coax transmission OMs
total 86 OMs AMANDA-B4
1997 +6 strings, twisted pair transmission OMs
total 302 OMs at 10 strings AMANDA-B10
1998 +3 strings, fiber transmission OMs
total 424 OMs AMANDA-B13
2000 +6 strings, fiber and digital transmission OMs
total 677 OMs at 19 strings AMANDA-II
2003-2008 ~80 strings with 60 OMs each, total 5000 OMs
ICECUBE
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• 677 PMTs• 19 Strings• d = 200 m• h 500 m Vgeo1.6 107m3
AMANDA-II
(February 2000)
Trigger:• Majority >23 OM in <2.5 s• String Trigger
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Atmospheric Muon BackgroundAtmospheric Muon Background
from atm.
from CR
Zenith of ‘s triggering AMANDA
-Signature: Upgoing muon
Background: Misreconstructed
atmospheric muons
Noise/Signal =
/
(atm) = 105…6
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Maximum Likelihood ReconstructionMaximum Likelihood Reconstruction
Variation of track parameters until the spectrum of arrival times has highest Likelihood.Scattering results in a distance dependent time-delay relative to the Cherenkov cone.
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Atmospheric -AnalysisAtmospheric -Analysis
• Two (largely) independent analyses were done
for the
1997 data set of Amanda-B10 with respect to
- methodical aspects (Cut definitions,
minim.functional)
- data cleaning (electronic noise ...)
• Used same signal & atmospheric muon
Background MC (BG-MC) and track model (ice
optics and single muon)
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Analysis A: OverviewAnalysis A: Overview
• Conventional Likelihood description (no zenith
weight)
• Multi-photon Likelihood and hit-probabilities
• Background rejected by specific cuts: e.g. cascade fit for muon bremsstrahlung.
• Reject instrumental BG by hit-topology
• Cuts developed with emphasis on BG-MonteCarlo
• Deterministic method to define a small set of
final Cut parameters and their values ( CutEval)
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Nevents bg sig S/N
Pre-processing : 1•109 0.95 0.951 : 2•105
Hit cleaning, Calibration ...
Level 1: 5•107 5•10-2
0.37 1 : 3•104
Fast track approximation (line fit)Simple up/down cut
Level 2: 4• 105 4•10-4
0.15 1 : 5•102
Time-likelihood reconstruction. Simple cuts (zenith,L,Ndir)
Level 3: 1• 104 1•10-5
0.07 1 : 30First cut optimization. Full likelihood reconstruction.
Level 4: 223 2•10-8 0.0410 : 1
Final Neutrino Cuts (CutEval)
Neutrino Analysis Chain (A)
Neutrino Analysis Chain (A)
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Analysis A: Neutrino Cuts & Sample Size
Analysis A: Neutrino Cuts & Sample Size
Sample Quality, QSample Quality, Q
Define „Define „Sample Sample QualityQuality“:“:
Q = -log (NQ = -log (NBG BG /N/NTLTL))
Find (minimum) set of Cut-Variables, which optimize the signal to background efficiency
Data BG-MC
Sig-MC
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Neutrino Events – Neutrino Events – StatisticsStatistics
Neutrino Events – Neutrino Events – StatisticsStatistics
Analysis A Analysis B Overlap Combined
Experiment 223 204 102 325-MC (stand) 378 265 119 524-MC (new) 237 - - -Background 10% 10% - -
130.1 days live time
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Systematic UncertaintiesSystematic Uncertainties
Calibration
TimeGeometryAmplitudeOM sensitivity
Bulk IceVertical structuresHole Ice
Optical properties
Physics-prop./light yield-flux-oscillations
± 30 %
± 20 %
-20 %
± 10 %
± 10 %
< 5 %
- 5 %
-5 %
-50 %
-20 %
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- Luminosity versus day in 1997
- Luminosity versus day in 1997
Number of Neutrino events and total number of Number of Neutrino events and total number of triggers in 1997triggers in 1997(analysis A). Total (analysis A). Total live time live time waswas 130.1 130.1 days. days.
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Zenith angle distributionZenith angle distribution
Analysis A
Cos(zenith)
Even
ts /
130d
/0.1
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Energy distributionEnergy distribution
10 GeV 100 GeV 1000 GeV
(MC)
E ~ .07–3.4 TeV
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Celestial distributionCelestial distribution
Combined sample325 events
130.1 days live-timePointing: 3ª - 4ª No clustering
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Oscillations:Zenith dependence
Oscillations:Zenith dependence
(MC)
Cos(zenith) Cos(zenith)
Even
ts /
130d
/0.0
5
Rati
o O
sci/
No o
scci
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Oscillations: Neutrino Energy
Oscillations: Neutrino Energy
(MC)
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Summary: B-10 atmosph. ’s
Summary: B-10 atmosph. ’s
•The AMANDA-B data from 1997 (130.1 days live time) have been analysed for neutrino induced events
• 2 independent analyses find a total of 325 neutrino events with less than 10% background contamination
• Results are consistent with the MC expectation for background (atmospheric muons) and signal (atmospheric neutrinos) within (still relatively large) systematic uncertainties
• Improvement expected from - better local ice-properties & OM sensitivity calibration - improved MC light tracing & HE muon light yield
•AMANDA has reached „design luminosity“ !
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•Larger effective area by 9 more strings (>double OMs)
•New technologies - improved timing - MultiHit resolution (muon bundles & HE events) - reduced electronic noise - Upgrade: full waveform sampling (FADCs) in 2002
•Triggering - HE events by majority trigger - E<100 GeV by string trigger - EAS-Array (SPASE) as efficient veto for UHE events
•Improved angular sensitivity range; resolution ~ 2 degrees
Amanda-II Amanda-II
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•Amanda-II analysis for 2000 started in spring 2001 (1.2 TB Data back from Spole)
•Neutrino Analysis profits substantially from Amanda-B10 analysis. Tuning to new geometry and hardware is under way.
•Minimum bias and low neutrino-cut level data look ok vs. MC.
•MC-results given below for „final AM-II neutrino cuts“ (Aeff, ,...) are still preliminary.
Amanda-II Amanda-II
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Amanda-II: Detector response
Amanda-II: Detector response
Number of hit Optical Modules
Inner Strings (1-10)
All Strings (1-19)
Outer Strings (11-19)
Data - dotsMC - line
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Amanda-II: Detector response
Amanda-II: Detector response
Minimum bias Zenith & Azimuth acceptance
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Event Rates: ande Event Rates: ande
Trigger Level
Atmospheric
- 11000 (CC)
- 130 (NC)
e - 160 (CC)
- 9 (NC)
AGN (E-2 10-6 GeVcm- 2s- 1sr-1 )
- 853 (CC)
e - 103 (CC)
e
ATM
AGN
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Atmospheric MC: Energy
responseAtmospheric
MC: Energy response
After BGrejection
Aeff(E) much improved compared to AMANDA-B10
Trigger Level
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Atmosph. MC: Angular Sensitivity
Atmosph.
MC: Angular Sensitivity
TriggerLevel
After BGrejection
up horizon
Nearly uniform angular sensitivity to horizon
~200 atm per angular bin & livetime-year
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AMANDA-II:a
horizontal event
AMANDA-II:a
horizontal event
( preliminary Am-II neutrino- cuts )
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Am-II: Effective Area vs zenith
Am-II: Effective Area vs zenith
0
50
100
150
200
-1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0
Ae
ff
[ x1
03 m
2]
Cos(theta)
E = 10 TeV
Am-II Trigger
Am-II Point Cuts
Am-B10 Point Cuts
Am-II GRB Cuts
Aeff depends sensitively on the physics objective!
Point source sensitivity is uniform to near horizon
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Amanda-II - Effective Volume
Amanda-II - Effective Volume
0.1
0.3
0.5
101 102 103
<V
eff >
(k
m3)
E (TeV)
Veff () is0.3-0.5 km3
•R > 10 km
(for Point Source Cuts)
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Diffuse Flux Diffuse Flux
10-10
10-8
10-6
10-4
10-2
103 104 105 106 107
E2 (d
N/d
E )
[G
eVcm
-2s
-1sr
-1]
E(GeV)
AMANDA-II (3 yr)
AMANDA-B10 ('97)
IceCube
3C273
AGN Core
Atm.
AGN Core
Convolved energy resolution
New techniques
Anticipated sensitivity
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AMANDA-II Anticipated sensitivity
Upper Bounds on Diffuse Flux
Upper Bounds on Diffuse Flux
Baikal NT-200
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Point SourcesPoint Sources
10-10
10-8
10-6
10-4
102 103 104 105 106
E2 (d
N/d
E )
[G
eVcm
-2s
-1]
E(GeV)
AMANDA-II (3 yr)
AMANDA-B10 ('97)
IceCube3C273
Crab
AGN Core
Mk501 (=)
Atm.
Atmospheric + energy resolution
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Point Sources Point Sources
10-10
10-8
10-6
10-4
102 103 104 105 106
E2 (d
N/d
E )
[G
eVcm
-2s
-1]
E(GeV)
AMANDA-II (3 yr)
AMANDA-B10 ('97)
IceCube3C273
Crab
AGN Core
Mk501 (=)
Atm.
Focus onMk501 asexample
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• Earth shadowing of ‘s becomes relevant for PeV
•Horizontal and „downgoing“ events dominate
• New search strategies under development
- Total energy cuts & Energy flow vs. track reconstruction
- EAS-Veto by surface Array SPASE
UHE events UHE events
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Downgoing -induced MuonFlux
Downgoing -induced MuonFlux
10-16
10-14
10-12
10-10
10-8
107 108 109 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014
Downgoing Muon Flux in AMANDA-B
with Eth
=106GeV
F,10^14F,GelF,ProthF,SteckF,p-gammaF,ZBurstF,pi-KF,pQCDF,SM
E (GeV)
TD MX=10
14, p=1
Gelmini & Kusenko (00)AGN (Protheroe 97)AGN (Stecker et al 96)p
ZBurst
, K-muonsCharm (pQCD)Charm (SM)
AttenuationArea(E,theta)Filt 120
AMANDA B10 Sensitivity
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Angular distributionAngular distribution
10-4
10-3
10-2
10-1
100
101
102
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
cos()
AGN (Protheroe)GZK*100
DownUp
Most events are horizontal.
EeV sources cut offvery quickly belowhorizon.
Direction providesadditional BG reject.
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Summary Summary
•AMANDA-B10 Final Analysis (1997) yields 325 HE neutrino events The first high statistics -event sample for an UWater/Uice Telescope Proof of principle of operation in Antarctic scattering ice. •AMANDA-II
>105 m2 Trigger Area - the Largest Muon and Neutrino Telescope ever built. Improved performance compared to B10-Telescope Horizontal Angular acceptance
Event rates of 4-5 atm. ‘s per livetime day, 800-1000 ‘s for year-2000.