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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 69: Experimentelle Methoden der Astroteilchenphysik III

T 69.3: Talk

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 17:00–17:15, Z6 - SR 2.013

Prospects on improving the IceCube composition measurements of Cosmic Rays with IceAct — •Pascal Backes, Jan Auffenberg, Thomas Bretz, Giang Do, Erik Ganster, Jan Paul Koschinsky, Leif Rädel, Martin Rongen, Anna Sauret, Merlin Schaufel, Johannes Schumacher, Aatif Waza, and Christopher Wiebusch for the IceCube collaboration — III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University

One main goal of IceCube is improved composition measurements of Cosmic Rays above the knee. IceAct is a planned surface detector consisting of compact Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes each equipped with a 61 pixel SiPM camera. Operating in coincidence with the surface detector IceTop and the IceCube in-ice detector, IceAct can provide additional information on the longitudinal profile of air showers. By simulating the response of IceAct to air showers, we study how well IceAct can measure this profile and separate different cosmic ray primaries.