IceTop: The surface component of IceCube

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 700, Issue , 2013, Pages 188-220

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^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^m UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

ⁿ VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^o CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^r OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^v GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^x EPFL   (Switzerland)

^y UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^aa Université de Mons ^*  (United States)

^ab JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^ad TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ah STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ai STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^ak PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^al UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^am UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^an DESY   (Germany)

^ao SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^ap LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^aq INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^ar NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Air shower; Cosmic rays; Detector; IceCube; IceTop

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSMOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTORS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

AIR SHOWERS; ICE CUBES; ICETOP; MASS COMPOSITION; SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKS; SURFACE COMPONENTS; TECHNICAL DESIGN; TRIGGER AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84870821824     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.067     Document Type: Article

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