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

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

Volumn 711, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-89

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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 UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^m VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

ⁿ CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^p University of Maryland   (United States)

^q OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^t UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^u GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w EPFL   (Switzerland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^z University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^aa JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^ac TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ag OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

^ah STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^aj PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ak PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^al UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^am UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^an DESY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

IceCube; Optical properties; Photon propagation; South Pole ice

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; ICE; POLES;

CALIBRATION SYSTEM; CHERENKOV RADIATIONS; DATA SET; DERIVED PARAMETERS; ICE CUBES; MEASUREMENTS OF; PHOTON PROPAGATION; PROPERTY; SOUTH POLE; SOUTH POLE ICE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84874743378     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2013.01.054     Document Type: Article

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