Measurement of South Pole ice transparency with the IceCube LED calibration system

<p style="text-align:justify;"> The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, approximately 1 km3 in size, is now complete with 86 strings deployed in the Antarctic ice. IceCube detects the Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged particles passing through or created in the ice. To realize the fu...

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Main Authors: Aartsen, M, Abbasi, R, Abdou, Y, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Aguilar, J, Ahlers, M, Altmann, D, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Baker, M, Barwick, S, Baum, V, Bay, R, Beatty, J, Bechet, S, Becker Tjus, J, Becker, K, Bell, M, Benabderrahmane, M, Benzvi, S, Berdermann, J, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bernhard, A, Bertrand, D, Besson, D, Binder, G, Bindig, D, Bissok, M, Blaufuss, E, Blumenthal, J, Boersma, D, Bohaichuk, S, Bohm, C, Bose, D, Böser, S, Botner, O, Brayeur, L, Brown, A, Bruijn, R, Brunner, J, Buitink, S, Carson, M, Casey, J, Casier, M, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clark, K, Clevermann, F, Cohen, S, Cowen, D, Cruz Silva, A, Danninger, M, Daughhetee, J, Davis, J, De Clercq, C, De Ridder, S, Desiati, P, De With, M, Deyoung, T, Díaz-Vélez, J, Dunkman, M, Eagan, R, Eberhardt, B, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, R, Euler, S, Evenson, P, Fadiran, O, Fazely, A, Fedynitch, A, Feintzeig, J, Feusels, T, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Fischer-Wasels, T, Flis, S, Franckowiak, A, Franke, R, Frantzen, K, Fuchs, T, Gaisser, T, Gallagher, J, Gerhardt, L, Gladstone, L, Glüsenkamp, T, Goldschmidt, A, Golup, G, Goodman, J, Góra, D, Grant, D, Groß, A, Gurtner, M, Ha, C, Haj Ismail, A, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Hanson, K, Heereman, D, Heimann, P, Heinen, D, Helbing, K, Hellauer, R, Hickford, S, Hill, G, Hoffman, K, Hoffmann, R, Homeier, A, Hoshina, K, Huelsnitz, W, Hulth, P, Hultqvist, K, Hussain, S, Ishihara, A, Jacobi, E, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, G, Jero, K, Jlelati, O, Kaminsky, B, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kelley, J, Kiryluk, J, Kislat, F, Kläs, J, Klein, S, Köhne, J, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Köpke, L, Kopper, C, Kopper, S, Koskinen, D, Kowalski, M, Krasberg, M, Kroll, G, Kunnen, J, Kurahashi, N, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Landsman, H, Larson, M, Lesiak-Bzdak, M, Leute, J, Lünemann, J, Madsen, J, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, H, McNally, F, Meagher, K, Merck, M, Mészáros, P, Meures, T, Miarecki, S, Middell, E, Milke, N, Miller, J, Mohrmann, L, Montaruli, T, Morse, R, Nahnhauer, R, Naumann, U, Niederhausen, H, Nowicki, S, Nygren, D, Obertacke, A, Odrowski, S, Olivas, A, Olivo, M, O'Murchadha, A, Paul, L, Pepper, J, Pérez De Los Heros, C, Pfendner, C, Pieloth, D, Pirk, N, Posselt, J, Price, P, Przybylski, G, Rädel, L, Rawlins, K, Redl, P, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Richman, M, Riedel, B, Rodrigues, J, Rott, C, Ruhe, T, Ruzybayev, B, Ryckbosch, D, Saba, S, Salameh, T, Sander, H, Santander, M, Sarkar, S, Schatto, K, Scheel, M, Scheriau, F, Schmidt, T, Schmitz, M, Schoenen, S, Schöneberg, S, Schönherr, L, Schönwald, A, Schukraft, A, Schulte, L, Schulz, O, Seckel, D, Seo, S, Sestayo, Y, Seunarine, S, Sheremata, C, Smith, M, Soiron, M, Soldin, D, Spiczak, G, Spiering, C, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Stasik, A, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, R, Stößl, A, Strahler, E, Ström, R, Sullivan, G, Taavola, H, Taboada, I, Tamburro, A, Ter-Antonyan, S, Tilav, S, Toale, P, Toscano, S, Usner, M, Van Der Drift, D, Van Eijndhoven, N, Van Overloop, A, Van Santen, J, Vehring, M, Voge, M, Vraeghe, M, Walck, C, Waldenmaier, T, Wallraff, M, Wasserman, R, Weaver, C, Wellons, M, Wendt, C, Westerhoff, S, Whitehorn, N, Wiebe, K, Wiebusch, C, Williams, D, Wissing, H, Wolf, M, Wood, T, Xu, C, Xu, D, Xu, X, Yanez, J, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, Zarzhitsky, P, Ziemann, J, Zierke, S, Zilles, A, Zoll, M
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2013