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The Shadow of the Moon in IceCube

2011/11/12 by L. Gladstone, Gladstone, L.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1111.2969

4 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of the XLVI Rencontres de Moriond, International Conference on Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, La Thuile, Italy, Mar. 20-27, 2011

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Abstract

IceCube is the world's largest neutrino telescope, recently completed at the South Pole. As a proof of pointing accuracy, we look for the image of the Moon as a deficit in down-going cosmic ray muons, using techniques similar to those used in IceCube's astronomical point-source searches.

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