Observation of the cosmic-ray shadow of the Moon with IceCube

We report on the observation of a significant deficit of cosmic rays from the direction of the Moon with the IceCube detector. The study of this "Moon shadow" is used to characterize the angular resolution and absolute pointing capabilities of the detector. The detection is based on data t...

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Main Authors: Collaboration, I, Aartsen, MG, 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, 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, Bretz, H, Brown, A, Bruijn, R, Brunner, J, Carson, M, Casey, J, Casier, M, Chirkin, D, Christov, A, Christy, B, Clark, K, Clevermann, F, Coenders, S, Cohen, S, Cowen, D, Silva, A, Danninger, M, Daughhetee, J, Davis, J, Clercq, C, Ridder, S, Desiati, P, With, MD, 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, Gonzalez, J, Goodman, J, Góra, D, Grandmont, D, Grant, D, Groß, A, Ha, C, Ismail, A, Hallen, P, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Hanson, K, Heereman, D, 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, Jagielski, K, Japaridze, G, Jero, K, Jlelati, O, Kaminsky, B, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kelley, J, Kiryluk, J, Kislat, F, Kläs, J, Klein, SR, Köhne, J, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Köpke, L, Kopper, C, Kopper, S, Koskinen, D, Kowalski, M, Krasberg, M, Krings, K, Kroll, G, Kunnen, J, Kurahashi, N, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Landsman, H, Larson, M, Lesiak-Bzdak, M, Leuermann, 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, DR, Obertacke, A, Odrowski, S, Olivas, A, Olivo, M, O'Murchadha, A, Paul, L, Pepper, J, Heros, C, Pfendner, C, Pieloth, D, Pinat, E, Pirk, N, Posselt, J, Price, P, Przybylski, G, Rädel, L, Rameez, M, Rawlins, K, Redl, P, Reimann, R, 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, Schönwald, A, Schukraft, A, Schulte, L, Schulz, O, Seckel, D, Sestayo, Y, Seunarine, S, Sheremata, C, Smith, 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, Tepe, A, Ter-Antonyan, S, Tešić, G, Tilav, S, Toale, P, Toscano, S, Usner, M, Drift, D, Eijndhoven, N, Overloop, A, 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, DR, Wissing, H, Wolf, M, Wood, T, Woschnagg, K, Xu, C, Xu, D, Xu, X, Yanez, J, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, Zarzhitsky, P, Ziemann, J, Zierke, S, Zoll, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013