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Observation of the Cosmic-Ray Shadow of the Moon and Sun with IceCube

Published:2015-08-05 Issue: Volume:2 Page:5-8
ISSN:2199-3963
Container-title:ASTRA Proceedings
language:en
Short-container-title:ASTRA Proc.

Author:

Bos F.,Tenholt F.,Becker Tjus J.,Westerhoff S.

Abstract

Abstract. Moon shadow analyses are standard methods to calibrate cosmic-ray detectors. We report on a three-year observation of cosmic-ray Moon and Sun shadows in different detector configurations. The cosmic-ray Moon shadow was observed with high statistical significance (> 6σ) in previous analyses when the IceCube detector operated in a smaller configuration before it was completed in December 2010. This work shows first analyses of the cosmic-ray Sun shadow in IceCube. A binned analysis in one-dimension is used to measure the Moon and Sun shadow with high statistical significance greater than 12σ.

Funder

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Publisher

Copernicus GmbH

Link

https://ap.copernicus.org/articles/2/5/2015/ap-2-5-2015.pdf

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