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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 100: Cosmic Ray 5

T 100.2: Vortrag

Donnerstag, 24. März 2022, 16:30–16:45, T-H32

Simulation Study of Atmospheric Muons with IceCube-Gen2 — •Jonathan Messner, Agnieszka Leszczynska, and Andreas Haungs for the IceCube collaboration — Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

The next generation of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory called IceCube-Gen2 will extend the detector's capabilities in both, neutrino and cosmic-ray measurements. In particular, the combination of the in-ice optical modules and the large array of surface detectors will enhance the understanding of extensive air showers and the studies of cosmic rays. Muons produced in air showers can deliver relevant information not only about incoming cosmic rays but also about properties of the air showers. Conventional atmospheric muons are produced by decays of pions and kaons, while prompt muons originate mainly from decay of charmed and unflavoured mesons. This prompt component is expected to dominate the muon flux at higher energies. Due to larger aperture for coincident measurements, with surface and in-ice arrays, IceCube-Gen2 has the potential to measure this prompt component in relation to the properties of parent cosmic rays. In this contribution high energy muons, especially prompt muons, will be studied based on air shower simulations in order to better understand the capabilities of IceCube-Gen2.