Exploring the potentials of next-generation, wavelength-shifting, optical sensors for IceCube
- Date: 15 December 2023, 13:15–14:15
- Location: Ångström Laboratory, 80101 and Zoom: (https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/67182642628).
- Type: Licentiate seminar
- Lecturer: Jakob Beise
- Organiser: Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Contact person: Jakob Beise
Opponent: Christian Ohm from KTH university Chair: Arnaud Ferrari
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory can detect MeV-energy, electron antineutrinos from core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) through an excess of the detection rate over the background. Wavelength-shifting sensors have the potential to greatly increase photon collection making it a promising candidate for improving the measurement of the CCSN neutrino light curve in planned large-scale detector extension IceCube-Gen2. In this talk, I will discuss the sensitivity gain of wavelength shifters for the detection of CCSNe in IceCube-Gen2 and present the progress on a future high-energy reconstruction through the implementation of wavelength shifters into software.