Introducing the CTA concept

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS 43 (2013) 3-18

Authors:

BS Acharya, M Actis, T Aghajani, G Agnetta, J Aguilar, F Aharonian, M Ajello, A Akhperjanian, M Alcubierre, J Aleksic, R Alfaro, E Aliu, AJ Allafort, D Allan, I Allekotte, E Amato, J Anderson, EO Anguener, LA Antonelli, P Antoranz, A Aravantinos, T Arlen, T Armstrong, H Arnaldi, L Arrabito, K Asano, T Ashton, HG Asorey, Y Awane, H Baba, A Babic, N Baby, J Baehr, A Bais, C Baixeras, S Bajtlik, M Balbo, D Balis, C Balkowski, A Bamba, R Bandiera, A Barber, C Barbier, M Barcelo, A Barnacka, J Barnstedt, U Barres de Almeida, JA Barrio, A Basili, S Basso, D Bastieri, C Bauer, A Baushev, J Becerra, Y Becherini, KC Bechtol, J Becker Tjus, V Beckmann, W Bednarek, B Behera, M Belluso, W Benbow, J Berdugo, K Berger, F Bernard, T Bernardino, K Bernloehr, N Bhat, S Bhattacharyya, C Bigongiari, A Biland, S Billotta, T Bird, E Birsin, E Bissaldi, J Biteau, M Bitossi, S Blake, O Blanch Bigas, P Blasi, A Bobkov, V Boccone, M Boettcher, L Bogacz, J Bogart, M Bogdan, C Boisson, J Boix Gargallo, J Bolmont, G Bonanno, A Bonardi, T Bonev, P Bonifacio, G Bonnoli, P Bordas, A Borgland, J Borkowski, R Bose, O Botner, A Bottani, L Bouchet, M Bourgeat, C Boutonnet, A Bouvier, S Brau-Nogue, I Braun, T Bretz, M Briggs, T Bringmann, P Brook, P Brun, L Brunetti, T Buanes, J Buckley, R Buehler, V Bugaev, A Bulgarelli, T Bulik, G Busetto, S Buson, K Byrum, M Cailles, R Cameron, J Camprecios, R Canestrari, S Cantu, M Capalbi, P Caraveo, E Carmona, A Carosi, J Carr, P-H Carton, S Casanova, M Casiraghi, O Catalano, S Cavazzani, S Cazaux, M Cerruti, E Chabanne, P Chadwick, C Champion, A Chen, J Chiang, L Chiappetti, M Chikawa, VR Chitnis, F Chollet, J Chudoba, M Cieslar, A Cillis, J Cohen-Tanugi, S Colafrancesco, P Colin, J Calome, S Colonges, M Compin, P Conconi, V Conforti, V Connaughton, J Conrad, JL Contreras, P Coppi, P Corona, D Corti, J Cortina, L Cossio, H Costantini, G Cotter, B Courty, S Couturier, S Covino, G Crimi, SJ Criswell, J Croston, G Cusumano, M Dafonseca, O Dale, M Daniel, J Darling, I Davids, F Dazzi, A De Angelis, V De Caprio, F De Frondat, EM de Gouveia Dal Pino, I de la Calle, GA De La Vega, R de los Reyes Lopez, B De Lotto, A De Luca, JRT de Mello Neto, M de Naurois, Y de Oliveira, E de Ona Wilhelmi, V de Souza, G Decerprit, G Decock, C Deil, E Delagnes, G Deleglise, C Delgado, D Della Volpe, P Demange, G Depaola, A Dettlaff, A Di Paola, F Di Pierro, C Diaz, J Dick, R Dickherber, H Dickinson, V Diez-Blanco, S Digel, D Dimitrov, G Disset, A Djannati-Atai, M Doert, M Dohmke, W Domainko, D Dominis Prester, A Donat, D Dorner, M Doro, J-L Dournaux, G Drake, D Dravins, L Drury, F Dubois, R Dubois, G Dubus, C Dufour, D Dumas, J Dumm, D Durand, J Dyks, M Dyrda, J Ebr, E Edy, K Egberts, P Eger, S Einecke, C Eleftheriadis, S Elles, D Emmanoulopoulos, D Engelhaupt, R Enomoto, J-P Ernenwein, M Errando, A Etchegoyen, P Evans, A Falcone, D Fantinel, K Farakos, C Farnier, G Fasola, B Favill, E Fede, S Federici, S Fegan, F Feinstein, D Ferenc, P Ferrando, M Fesquet, A Fiasson, E Fillin-Martino, D Fink, C Finley, JP Finley, M Fiorini, R Firpo Curcoll, H Flores, D Florin, W Focke, C Foehr, E Fokitis, L Font, G Fontaine, M Fornasa, A Foerster, L Fortson, N Fouque, A Franckowiak, C Fransson, G Fraser, R Frei, IFM Albuquerque, L Fresnillo, C Fruck, Y Fujita, Y Fukazawa, Y Fukui, S Funk, W Gaebele, S Gabici, R Gabriele, A Gadola, N Galante, D Gall, Y Gallant, J Gamez-Garcia, B Garcia, R Garcia Lopez, D Gardiol, D Garrido, L Garrido, D Gascon, M Gaug, J Gaweda, L Gebremedhin, N Geffroy, L Gerard, A Ghedina, M Ghigo, E Giannakaki, F Gianotti, S Giarrusso, G Giavitto, B Giebels, V Gika, P Giommi, N Girard, E Giro, A Giuliani, T Glanzman, J-F Glicenstein, N Godinovic, V Golev, M Gomez Berisso, J Gomez-Ortega, MM Gonzalez, A Gonzalez, F Gonzalez, A Gonzalez Munoz, KS Gothe, M Gougerot, R Graciani, P Grandi, F Granena, J Granot, G Grasseau, R Gredig, A Green, T Greenshaw, T Gregoire, O Grimm, J Grube, M Grudzinska, V Gruev, S Gruenewald, J Grygorczuk, V Guarino, S Gunji, G Gyuk, D Hadasch, R Hagiwara, J Hahn, N Hakansson, A Hallgren, N Hamer Heras, S Hara, MJ Hardcastle, J Harris, T Hassan, K Hatanaka, T Haubold, A Haupt, T Hayakawa, M Hayashida, R Heller, F Henault, G Henri, G Hermann, R Hermel, A Herrero, N Hidaka, J Hinton, D Hoffmann, W Hofmann, P Hofverberg, J Holder, D Horns, D Horville, J Houles, M Hrabovsky, D Hrupec, H Huan, B Huber, J-M Huet, G Hughes, TB Humensky, J Huovelin, A Ibarra, JM Illa, D Impiombato, S Incorvaia, S Inoue, Y Inoue, K Ioka, E Ismailova, C Jablonski, A Jacholkowska, M Jamrozy, M Janiak, P Jean, C Jeanney, JJ Jimenez, T Jogler, T Johnson, L Journet, C Juffroy, I Jung, P Kaaret, S Kabuki, M Kagaya, J Kakuwa, C Kalkuhl, R Kankanyan, A Karastergiou, K Kaercher, M Karczewski, S Karkar, Aci Kasperek, D Kastana, H Katagiri, J Kataoka, K Katarzynski, U Katz, N Kawanaka, B Kellner-Leidel, H Kelly, E Kendziorra, B Khelifi, DB Kieda, T Kifune, T Kihm, T Kishimoto, K Kitamoto, W Kluzniak, C Knapic, JW Knapp, J Knoedlseder, F Koeck, J Kocot, K Kodani, J-H Koehne, K Kohri, K Kokkotas, D Kolitzus, N Komin, I Kominis, Y Konno, H Koeppel, P Korohoda, K Kosack, G Koss, R Kossakowski, P Kostka, R Koul, G Kowal, S Koyama, J Koziol, T Kraehenbuehl, J Krause, H Krawzcynski, F Krennrich, A Krepps, A Kretzschmann, R Krobot, P Krueger, H Kubo, VA Kudryavtsev, J Kushida, A Kuznetsov, A La Barbera, N La Palombara, V La Parola, G La Rosa, K Lacombe, G Lamanna, J Lande, D Languignon, J Lapington, P Laporte, C Lavalley, T Le Flour, A Le Padellec, S-H Lee, WH Lee, MA Leigui de Oliveira, D Lelas, J-P Lenain, DJ Leopold, T Lerch, L Lessio, B Lieunard, E Lindfors, A Liolios, A Lipniacka, H Lockart, T Lohse, S Lombardi, A Lopatin, M Lopez, R Lopez-Coto, A Lopez-Oramas, A Lorca, E Lorenz, P Lubinski, F Lucarelli, H Luedecke, J Ludwin, PL Luque-Escamilla, W Lustermann, O Luz, E Lyard, MC Maccarone, TJ Maccarone, GM Madejski, A Madhavan, M Mahabir, G Maier, P Majumdar, G Malaguti, S Maltezos, A Manalaysay, A Mancilla, D Mandat, G Maneva, A Mangano, P Manigot, K Mannheim, I Manthos, N Maragos, A Marcowith, M Mariotti, M Marisaldi, S Markoff, A Marszalek, C Martens, J Marti, J-M Martin, P Martin, G Martinez, F Martinez, M Martinez, A Masserot, A Mastichiadis, A Mathieu, H Matsumoto, F Mattana, S Mattiazzo, G Maurin, S Maxfield, J Maya, D Mazin, L Mc Comb, N McCubbin, I McHardy, R McKay, C Medina, C Melioli, D Melkumyan, S Mereghetti, P Mertsch, M Meucci, J Michalowski, P Micolon, A Mihailidis, T Mineo, M Minuti, N Mirabal, F Mirabel, JM Miranda, R Mirzoyan, T Mizuno, B Moal, R Moderski, I Mognet, E Molinari, M Molinaro, T Montaruli, I Monteiro, P Moore, A Moralejo Olaizola, M Mordalska, C Morello, K Mori, F Mottez, Y Moudden, E Moulin, I Mrusek, R Mukherjee, P Munar-Adrover, H Muraishi, K Murase, A Murphy, S Nagataki, T Naito, D Nakajima, T Nakamori, K Nakayama, C Naumann, D Naumann, M Naumann-Godo, P Nayman, D Nedbal, D Neise, L Nellen, V Neustroev, N Neyroud, L Nicastro, J Nicolau-Kuklinski, A Niedzwiecki, J Niemiec, D Nieto, A Nikolaidis, K Nishijima, S Nolan, R Northrop, D Nosek, N Nowak, A Nozato, P O'Brien, Y Ohira, M Ohishi, S Ohm, H Ohoka, T Okuda, A Okumura, J-F Olive, RA Ong, R Orito, M Orr, J Osborne, M Ostrowski, LA Otero, N Otte, E Ovcharov, I Oya, A Ozieblo, L Padilla, S Paiano, D Paillot, A Paizis, S Palanque, M Palatka, J Pallota, K Panagiotidis, J-L Panazol, D Paneque, M Panter, R Paoletti, A Papayannis, G Papyan, JM Paredes, G Pareschi, G Parks, J-M Parraud, D Parsons, M Paz Arribas, M Pech, G Pedaletti, V Pelassa, D Pelat, MDC Perez, M Persic, P-O Petrucci, B Peyaud, A Pichel, S Pita, F Pizzolato, L Platos, R Platzer, L Pogosyan, M Pohl, G Pojmanski, JD Ponz, W Potter, J Poutanen, E Prandini, J Prast, R Preece, F Profeti, H Prokoph, M Prouza, M Proyetti, I Puerto-Gimenez, G Puehlhofer, I Puljak, M Punch, R Pyziol, EJ Quel, J Quinn, A Quirrenbach, E Racero, PJ Rajda, P Ramon, R Rando, RC Rannot, M Rataj, M Raue, P Reardon, O Reimann, A Reimer, O Reimer, K Reitberger, M Renaud, S Renner, B Reville, W Rhode, M Ribo, M Ribordy, MG Richer, J Rico, J Ridky, F Rieger, P Ringegni, J Ripken, PR Ristori, A Riviere, S Rivoire, L Rob, U Roeser, R Rohlfs, G Rojas, P Romano, W Romaszkan, GE Romero, S Rosen, S Rosier Lees, D Ross, G Rouaix, J Rousselle, S Rousselle, AC Rovero, F Roy, S Royer, B Rudak, C Rulten, M Rupinski, F Russo, F Ryde, B Sacco, EO Saemann, A Saggion, V Safiakian, K Saito, T Saito, Y Saito, N Sakaki, R Sakonaka, A Salini, F Sanchez, M Sanchez-Conde, A Sandoval, H Sandaker, E Sant'Ambrogio, A Santangelo, EM Santos, A Sanuy, L Sapozhnikov, S Sarkar, N Sartore, H Sasaki, K Satalecka, M Sawada, V Scalzotto, V Scapin, M Scarcioffolo, J Schafer, T Schanz, S Schlenstedt, R Schlickeiser, T Schmidt, J Schmoll, P Schovanek, M Schroedter, C Schultz, J Schultze, A Schulz, K Schure, T Schwab, U Schwanke, J Schwarz, S Schwarzburg, T Schweizer, S Schwemmer, A Segreto, J-H Seiradakis, GH Sembroski, K Seweryn, M Sharma, M Shayduk, RC Shellard, J Shi, T Shibata, A Shibuya, E Shum, L Sidoli, M Sidz, J Sieiro, M Sikora, J Silk, A Sillanpaa, BB Singh, J Sitarek, C Skole, R Smareglia, A Smith, D Smith, J Smith, N Smith, D Sobczynska, H Sol, G Sottile, M Sowinski, F Spanier, D Spiga, S Spyrou, V Stamatescu, A Stamerra, R Starling, L Stawarz, R Steenkamp, C Stegmann, S Steiner, N Stergioulas, R Sternberger, M Sterzel, F Stinzing, M Stodulski, U Straumann, E Strazzeri, L Stringhetti, A Suarez, M Suchenek, R Sugawara, K-H Sulanke, S Sun, AD Supanitsky, T Suric, P Sutcliffe, J Sykes, M Szanecki, T Szepieniec, A Szostek, G Tagliaferri, H Tajima, H Takahashi, K Takahashi, L Takalo, H Takami, C Talbot, J Tammi, M Tanaka, S Tanaka, J Tasan, M Tavani, J-P Tavernet, LA Tejedor, I Telezhinsky, P Temnikov, C Tenzer, Y Terada, R Terrier, M Teshima, V Testa, D Tezier, D Thuermann, L Tibaldo, O Tibolla, A Tiengo, M Tluczykont, CJ Todero Peixoto, F Tokanai, M Tokarz, K Toma, K Torii, M Tornikoski, DF Torres, M Torres, G Tosti, T Totani, C Toussenel, G Tovmassian, P Travnicek, M Trifoglio, I Troyano, K Tsinganos, H Ueno, K Umehara, SS Upadhya, T Usher, M Uslenghi, JF Valdes-Galicia, P Vallania, G Vallejo, W van Driel, C van Eldik, J Vandenbrouke, J Vanderwalt, H Vankov, G Vasileiadis, V Vassiliev, D Veberic, I Vegas, S Vercellone, S Vergani, C Veyssiere, JP Vialle, A Viana, M Videla, P Vincent, S Vincent, J Vink, N Vlahakis, L Vlahos, P Vogler, A Vollhardt, H-P von Gunten, S Vorobiov, C Vuerli, V Waegebaert, R Wagner, RG Wagner, S Wagner, SP Wakely, R Walter, T Walther, K Warda, R Warwick, P Wawer, R Wawrzaszek, N Webb, P Wegner, A Weinstein, Q Weitzel, R Welsing, M Werner, H Wetteskind, R White, A Wierzcholska, S Wiesand, M Wilkinson, DA Williams, R Willingale, K Winiarski, R Wischnewski, L Wisniewski, M Wood, A Woernlein, Q Xiong, KK Yadav, H Yamamoto, T Yamamoto, R Yamazaki, S Yanagita, JM Yebras, D Yelos, A Yoshida, T Yoshida, T Yoshikoshi, V Zabalza, M Zacharias, A Zajczyk, R Zanin, A Zdziarski, A Zech, A Zhao, X Zhou, K Zietara, J Ziolkowski, P Ziolkowski, V Zitelli, C Zurbach, P Zychowski

Measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum with IceTop-73

PHYSICAL REVIEW D 88:4 (2013) ARTN 042004

Authors:

MG Aartsen, R Abbasi, Y Abdou, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, D Altmann, J Auffenberg, X Bai, M Baker, SW Barwick, V Baum, R Bay, JJ Beatty, S Bechet, J Becker Tjus, K-H Becker, ML Benabderrahmane, S BenZvi, P Berghaus, D Berley, E Bernardini, A Bernhard, D Bertrand, DZ Besson, G Binder, D Bindig, M Bissok, E Blaufuss, J Blumenthal, DJ Boersma, S Bohaichuk, C Bohm, D Bose, S Boeser, O Botner, L Brayeur, H-P Bretz, AM Brown, R Bruijn, J Brunner, M Carson, J Casey, M Casier, D Chirkin, A Christov, B Christy, K Clark, F Clevermann, S Coenders, S Cohen, DF Cowen, AH Cruz Silva, M Danninger, J Daughhetee, JC Davis, C De Clercq, S De Ridder, P Desiati, KD de Vries, M de With, T DeYoung, JC Diaz-Velez, M Dunkman, R Eagan, B Eberhardt, J Eisch, RW Ellsworth, S Euler, PA Evenson, O Fadiran, AR Fazely, A Fedynitch, J Feintzeig, T Feusels, K Filimonov, C Finley, T Fischer-Wasels, S Flis, A Franckowiak, K Frantzen, T Fuchs, TK Gaisser, J Gallagher, L Gerhardt, L Gladstone, T Gluesenkamp, A Goldschmidt, G Golup, JG Gonzalez, JA Goodman, D Gora, DT Grandmont, D Grant, A Gross, C Ha, A Haj Ismail, P Hallen, A Hallgren, F Halzen, K Hanson, D Heereman, D Heinen, K Helbing, R Hellauer, S Hickford, GC Hill, KD Hoffman, R Hoffmann, A Homeier, K Hoshina, W Huelsnitz, PO Hulth, K Hultqvist, S Hussain, A Ishihara, E Jacobi, J Jacobsen, K Jagielski, GS Japaridze, K Jero, O Jlelati, B Kaminsky, A Kappes, T Karg, A Karle, JL Kelley, J Kiryluk, J Klaes, SR Klein, J-H Koehne, G Kohnen, H Kolanoski, L Koepke, C Kopper, S Kopper, DJ Koskinen, M Kowalski, M Krasberg, K Krings, G Kroll, J Kunnen, N Kurahashi, T Kuwabara, M Labare, H Landsman, MJ Larson, M Lesiak-Bzdak, M Leuermann, J Leute, J Luenemann, O Maciias, J Madsen, G Maggi, R Maruyama, K Mase, HS Matis, F McNally, K Meagher, M Merck, T Meures, S Miarecki, E Middell, N Milke, J Miller, L Mohrmann, T Montaruli, R Morse, R Nahnhauer, U Naumann, H Niederhausen, SC Nowicki, DR Nygren, A Obertacke, S Odrowski, A Olivas, A Omairat, A O'Murchadha, L Paul, JA Pepper, C Perez de los Heros, C Pfendner, D Pieloth, E Pinat, J Posselt, PB Price, GT Przybylski, L Raedel, M Rameez, K Rawlins, P Redl, R Reimann, E Resconi, W Rhode, M Ribordy, M Richman, B Riedel, JP Rodrigues, C Rott, T Ruhe, B Ruzybayev, D Ryckbosch, SM Saba, T Salameh, H-G Sander, M Santander, S Sarkar, K Schatto, F Scheriau, T Schmidt, M Schmitz, S Schoenen, S Schoeneberg, A Schoenwald, A Schukraft, L Schulte, O Schulz, D Seckel, Y Sestayo, S Seunarine, R Shanidze, C Sheremata, MWE Smith, D Soldin, GM Spiczak, C Spiering, M Stamatikos, T Stanev, A Stasik, T Stezelberger, RG Stokstad, A Stoessl, EA Strahler, R Strom, GW Sullivan, H Taavola, I Taboada, A Tamburro, A Tepe, S Ter-Antonyan, G Tesic, S Tilav, PA Toale, S Toscano, E Unger, M Usner, S Vallecorsa, N van Eijndhoven, A Van Overloop, J van Santen, M Vehring, M Voge, M Vraeghe, C Walck, T Waldenmaier, M Wallraff, Ch Weaver, M Wellons, C Wendt, S Westerhoff, N Whitehorn, K Wiebe, CH Wiebusch, DR Williams, H Wissing, M Wolf, TR Wood, K Woschnagg, C Xu, DL Xu, XW Xu, JP Yanez, G Yodh, S Yoshida, P Zarzhitsky, J Ziemann, S Zierke, M Zoll

Soft supersymmetry breaking in anisotropic LARGE volume compactifications

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (2013) ARTN 071

Authors:

Stephen Angus, Joseph P Conlon

Theory Summary: Very High Energy Cosmic Rays

EPJ Web of Conferences EDP Sciences 52 (2013) 12001-12001

Measurement of the Atmospheric $ν_e$ flux in IceCube

ArXiv 1212.476 (2012)

Authors:

IceCube Collaboration, MG Aartsen, R Abbasi, Y Abdou, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, D Altmann, K Andeen, J Auffenberg, X Bai, M Baker, SW Barwick, V Baum, R Bay, K Beattie, JJ Beatty, S Bechet, J Becker Tjus, K-H Becker, M Bell, ML Benabderrahmane, S BenZvi, J Berdermann, P Berghaus, D Berley, E Bernardini, D Bertrand, DZ Besson, D Bindig, M Bissok, E Blaufuss, J Blumenthal, DJ Boersma, S Bohaichuk, C Bohm, D Bose1, S Boser, O Botner, L Brayeur, AM Brown, R Bruijn, J Brunner, S Buitink, M Carson, J Casey, M Casier, D Chirkin, B Christy, K Clark, F Clevermann, S Cohen, DF Cowen, AH Cruz Silva, M Danninger, J Daughhetee, JC Davis, C De Clercq, S De Ridder, F Descamps, P Desiati, G de Vries-Uiterweerd, T DeYoung, JC Diaz-Velez, J Dreyer, JP Dumm, M Dunkman, R Eagan, B Eberhardt, J Eisch, RW Ellsworth, O Engdegard, S Euler, PA Evenson, O Fadiran, AR Fazely, A Fedynitch, J Feintzeig, T Feusels, K Filimonov, C Finley, T Fischer-Wasels, S Flis, A Franckowiak, R Franke, K Frantzen, T Fuchs, TK Gaisser, J Gallagher, L Gerhardt, L Gladstone, T Glusenkamp, A Goldschmidt, G Golup, JA Goodman, D Gora, D Grant, A Gross, S Grullon, M Gurtner, C Ha, A Haj Ismail, A Hallgren, F Halzen, K Hanson, D Heereman, P Heimann, D Heinen, K Helbing, R Hellauer, S Hickford, GC Hill, KD Hoffman, R Hoffmann, A Homeier, K Hoshina, W Huelsnitz, PO Hulth, K Hultqvist, S Hussain, A Ishihara, E Jacobi, J Jacobsen, GS Japaridze, O Jlelati, A Kappes, T Karg, A Karle, J Kiryluk, F Kislat, J Klas, SR Klein, J-H Kohne, G Kohnen, H Kolanoski, L Kopke, C Kopper, S Kopper, DJ Koskinen, M Kowalski, M Krasberg, G Kroll, J Kunnen, N Kurahashi, T Kuwabara, M Labare, H Landsman, MJ Larson, R Lauer, M Lesiak-Bzdak, J Lunemann, J Madsen, R Maruyama, K Mase, HS Matis, F McNally, K Meagher, M Merck, P Meszaros, T Meures, S Miarecki, E Middell, N Milke, J Miller, L Mohrmann, T Montaruli, R Morse, R Nahnhauer, U Naumann, SC Nowicki, DR Nygren, A Obertacke, S Odrowski, A Olivas, M Olivo, A O'Murchadha, S Panknin, L Paul, JA Pepper, C Perez de los Heros, D Pieloth, N Pirk, J Posselt, PB Price, GT Przybylski, L Radel, K Rawlins, P Redl, E Resconi, W Rhode, M Ribordy, M Richman, B Riedel, JP Rodrigues, C Rott, T Ruhe, B Ruzybayev, D Ryckbosch, SM Saba, T Salameh, H-G Sander, M Santander, S Sarkar, K Schatto, M Scheel, F Scheriau, T Schmidt, M Schmitz, S Schoenen, S Schoneberg, L Schonherr, A Schonwald, A Schukraft, L Schulte, O Schulz, D Seckel, SH Seo, Y Sestayo, S Seunarine, C Sheremata, MWE Smith, M Soiron, D Soldin, GM Spiczak, C Spiering, M Stamatikos, T Stanev, A Stasik, T Stezelberger, RG Stokstad, A Stoss, EA Strahler, R Strom, GW Sullivan, H Taavola, I Taboada, A Tamburro, S Ter-Antonyan, S Tilav, PA Toale, S Toscano, M Usner, D van der Drift, N van Eijndhoven, A Van Overloop, J van Santen, M Vehring, M Voge1, M Vraeghe, C Walck, T Waldenmaier, M Wallraff, M Walter, R Wasserman, Ch Weaver, C Wendt, S Westerhoff, N Whitehorn, K Wiebe, CH Wiebusch, DR Williams, H Wissing, M Wolf, TR Wood, K Woschnagg, C Xu, DL Xu, XW Xu, JP Yanez, G Yodh, S Yoshida, P Zarzhitsky, J Ziemann, S Zierke, A Zilles, M Zoll

Abstract:

We report the first measurement of the atmospheric electron neutrino flux in the energy range between approximately 80 GeV and 6 TeV, using data recorded during the first year of operation of IceCube's DeepCore low energy extension. Techniques to identify neutrinos interacting within the DeepCore volume and veto muons originating outside the detector are demonstrated. A sample of 1029 events is observed in 281 days of data, of which 496 $\pm$ 66(stat.) $\pm$ 88(syst.) are estimated to be cascade events, including both electron neutrino and neutral current events. The rest of the sample includes residual backgrounds due to atmospheric muons and charged current interactions of atmospheric muon neutrinos. The flux of the atmospheric electron neutrinos is consistent with models of atmospheric neutrinos in this energy range. This constitutes the first observation of electron neutrinos and neutral current interactions in a very large volume neutrino telescope optimized for the TeV energy range.