Energy reconstruction methods in the IceCube neutrino telescope

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Aartsen, M G ^b   Abbasi, R ^ab   Ackermann, M ^aq   Adams, J ^o   Aguilar, J A ^v   Ahlers, M ^ab   Altmann, D ^u   Arguelles, C ^ab   Auffenberg, J ^ab   Bai, X ^af   Baker, M ^ab   Barwick, S W ^x   Baum, V ^ac   Bay, R ^g   Beatty, J J ^q   Tjus, J Becker ^j   Becker, K H ^ap   Benzvi, S ^ab   Berghaus, P ^aq   Berley, D ^p   Bernardini, E ^aq   Bernhard, A ^ae   Besson, D Z ^z   Binder, G ^g,h   Bindig, D ^ap   Bissok, M ^a   Blaufuss, E ^p   Blumenthal, J ^a   Boersma, D J ^ao   Bohm, C ^ai   Bose, D ^ak   Boser S ^k   Botner, O ^ao   Brayeur, L ^m   Bretz, H P ^aq   Brown, A M ^o   Bruijn, R ^y   Casey, J ^e   Casier, M ^m   Chirkin, D ^ab   Christov, A ^v   Christy, B ^p   Clark, K ^al   Classen, L ^u   Clevermann, F ^s   Coenders, S ^a   Cohen, S ^y   Cowen, D F ^an   Silva, A H Cruz ^aq   Danninger, M ^ai   Daughhetee, J ^e   Davis, J C ^q   Day, M ^ab   De Clercq, C ^m   De Ridder, S ^w   Desiati, P ^ab   De Vries, K D ^m   De With, M ⁱ   Deyoung, T ^an   Diaz Velez J C ^ab   Dunkman, M ^an   Eagan, R ^an   Eberhardt, B ^ac   Eichmann, B ^j   Eisch, J ^ab   Euler, S ^a   Evenson, P A ^af   Fadiran, O ^ab   Fazely, A R ^f   Fedynitch, A ^j   Feintzeig, J ^ab   Feusels, T ^w   Filimonov, K ^g   Finley, C ^ai   Fischer Wasels, T ^ap   Flis, S ^ai   Franckowiak, A ^k   Frantzen, K ^s   Fuchs, T ^s   Gaisser, T K ^af   Gallagher, J ^aa   Gerhardt, L ^g,h   Gladstone, L ^ab   Glusenkamp T ^aq   Goldschmidt, A ^h   Golup, G ^m   Gonzalez, J G ^af   Goodman, J A ^p   Gora D ^u   Grandmont, D T ^t   Grant, D ^t   Gretskov, P ^a   Groh, J C ^an   Gross A ^ae   Ha, C ^g,h   Ismail, A Haj ^w   Hallen, P ^a   Hallgren, A ^ao   Halzen, F ^ab   Hanson, K ^l   Hebecker, D ^k   Heereman, D ^l   Heinen, D ^a   Helbing, K ^ap   Hellauer, R ^p   Hickford, S ^o   Hill, G C ^b   Hoffman, K D ^p   Hoffmann, R ^ap   Homeier, A ^k   Hoshina, K ^ab   Huang, F ^an   Huelsnitz, W ^p   Hulth, P O ^ai   Hultqvist, K ^ai   Hussain, S ^af   Ishihara, A ⁿ   Jackson, S ^ab   Jacobi, E ^aq   Jacobsen, J ^ab   Jagielski, K ^a   Japaridze, G S ^d   Jero, K ^ab   Jlelati, O ^w   Kaminsky, B ^aq   Kappes, A ^u   Karg, T ^aq   Karle, A ^ab   Kauer, M ^ab   Kelley, J L ^ab   Kiryluk, J ^aj   Klas J ^ap   Klein, S R ^g,h   Kohne J H ^s   Kohnen, G ^ad   Kolanoski, H ⁱ   Kopke L ^ac   Kopper, C ^ab   Kopper, S ^ap   Koskinen, D J ^r   Kowalski, M ^k   Krasberg, M ^ab   Kriesten, A ^a   Krings, K ^a   Kroll, G ^ac   Kunnen, J ^m   Kurahashi, N ^ab   Kuwabara, T ^af   Labare, M ^w   Landsman, H ^ab   Larson, M J ^am   Lesiak Bzdak, M ^aj   Leuermann, M ^a   Leute, J ^ae   Lunemann J ^ac   Macias O ^o   Madsen, J ^ah   Maggi, G ^m   Maruyama, R ^ab   Mase, K ⁿ   Matis, H S ^h   Mcnally, F ^ab   Meagher, K ^p   Merck, M ^ab   Meures, T ^l   Miarecki, S ^g,h   Middell, E ^aq   Milke, N ^s   Miller, J ^m   Mohrmann, L ^aq   Montaruli, T ^v   Morse, R ^ab   Nahnhauer, R ^aq   Naumann, U ^ap   Niederhausen, H ^aj   Nowicki, S C ^t   Nygren, D R ^h   Obertacke, A ^ap   Odrowski, S ^t   Olivas, A ^p   Omairat, A ^ap   O'murchadha, A ^l   Paul, L ^a   Pepper, J A ^am   De Los Heros, C Pérez ^ao   Pfendner, C ^q   Pieloth, D ^s   Pinat, E ^l   Posselt, J ^ap   Price, P B ^g   Przybylski, G T ^h   Quinnan, M ^an   Radel L ^a   Rameez, M ^v   Rawlins, K ^c   Redl, P ^p   Reimann, R ^a   Resconi, E ^ae   Rhode, W ^s   Ribordy, M ^y   Richman, M ^p   Riedel, B ^ab   Robertson, S ^b   Rodrigues, J P ^ab   Rott, C ^ak   Ruhe, T ^s   Ruzybayev, B ^af   Ryckbosch, D ^w   Saba, S M ^j   Sander, H G ^ac   Santander, M ^ab   Sarkar, S ^r,ag   Schatto, K ^ac   Scheriau, F ^s   Schmidt, T ^p   Schmitz, M ^s   Schoenen, S ^a   Schoneberg S ^j   Schonwald A ^aq   Schukraft, A ^a   Schulte, L ^k   Schulz, O ^ae   Seckel, D ^af   Sestayo, Y ^ae   Seunarine, S ^ah   Shanidze, R ^aq   Sheremata, C ^t   Smith, M W E ^an   Soldin, D ^ap   Spiczak, G M ^ah   Spiering, C ^aq   Stamatikos, M ^q   Stanev, T ^af   Stanisha, N A ^an   Stasik, A ^k   Stezelberger, T ^h   Stokstad, R G ^h   Stoßl A ^aq   Strahler, E A ^m   Strom R ^ao   Strotjohann, N L ^k   Sullivan, G W ^p   Taavola, H ^ao   Taboada, I ^e   Tamburro, A ^af   Tepe, A ^ap   Ter Antonyan, S ^f   Tesic G ^an   Tilav, S ^af   Toale, P A ^am   Tobin, M N ^ab   Toscano, S ^ab   Tselengidou, M ^u   Unger, E ^j   Usner, M ^k   Van Vallecorsa, S ^v   Van Eijndhoven, N ^m   Van Overloop, A ^w   Santen, J ^ab   Vehring, M ^a   Voge, M ^k   Vraeghe, M ^w   Walck, C ^ai   Waldenmaier, T ⁱ   Wallraff, M ^a   Weaver, Ch ^ab   Wellons, M ^ab   Wendt, C ^ab   Westerhoff, S ^ab   Whelan, B ^b   Whitehorn, N ^ab   Wiebe, K ^ac   Wiebusch, C H ^a   Williams, D R ^am   Wissing, H ^p   Wolf, M ^ai   Wood, T R ^t   Woschnagg, K ^g   Xu, D L ^am   Xu, X W ^f   Yanez, J P ^aq   Yodh, G ^x   Yoshida, S ⁿ   Zarzhitsky, P ^am   Ziemann, J ^s   Zierke, S ^a   Zoll, M ^ai   more..

^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 UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^s TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^w GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^y EPFL   (Switzerland)

^z UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^ab University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^ac JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^ae TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^af UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ai OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

^aj STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ak Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^al UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^am UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^an PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ao UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^aq DESY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Cherenkov detectors; dE dx detectors; Neutrino detectors; Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; CHARGED PARTICLES; DETECTORS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NEUTRONS; TELESCOPES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CHERENKOV DETECTORS; ENERGY RECONSTRUCTION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTOR; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; NEUTRINO INTERACTIONS; NEUTRINO SPECTRUM; NEUTRINO TELESCOPES;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 84896909834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/03/P03009     Document Type: Article

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