Joakim's IceCube page

Below you will find a report on the expected IceCube performance for WIMP searches. You will also find figures and files of different kinds. Most of them are given without explanation and the interested reader is referred to the report for details.

Report (draft)

Below you will find the draft version 6 from January 7. Since I go to the pole January 8, this will be the last draft before I come back from there in the end of February.

Draft version 6 (postscript)
Draft version 6 (latex source with figures)

Figures

General

The standard IceCube geometry seen in the xy-plane
The IceCube geometry with submodules seen in the xy-plane

The mean energy of the muons at the neutrino-muon vertex
The mean range of the muons at the neutrino-muon vertex

Standard IceCube geometry

The effective volume at the trigger level for the standard geometry
The effective area at the trigger level for the standard geometry

The effective volume at the reconstruction level for the standard geometry
The effective area at the reconstruction level for the standard geometry

The effective volume with a cut on beta < 15 for the standard geometry
The effective volume with a cut on beta < 10 for the standard geometry
The effective volume with a cut on beta < 5 for the standard geometry
The effective area with a cut on beta < 15 for the standard geometry
The effective area with a cut on beta < 10 for the standard geometry
The effective area with a cut on beta < 5 for the standard geometry

The efficiency at different cut levels for the Earth with hard spectrum and the standard geometry
The efficiency at different cut levels for the Earth with soft spectrum and the standard geometry
The efficiency at different cut levels for the Sun with hard spectrum and the standard geometry
The efficiency at different cut levels for the Sun with soft spectrum and the standard geometry

Modular IceCube geometry

The effective volume at the trigger level for the modular geometry
The effective area at the trigger level for the modular geometry

The effective volume at the reconstruction level for the modular geometry
The effective area at the reconstruction level for the modular geometry

The effective volume with a cut on beta < 15 for the modular geometry
The effective volume with a cut on beta < 10 for the modular geometry
The effective volume with a cut on beta < 5 for the modular geometry
The effective area with a cut on beta < 15 for the modular geometry
The effective area with a cut on beta < 10 for the modular geometry
The effective area with a cut on beta < 5 for the modular geometry

The efficiency at different cut levels for the Earth with hard spectrum and the modular geometry
The efficiency at different cut levels for the Earth with soft spectrum and the modular geometry
The efficiency at different cut levels for the Sun with hard spectrum and the modular geometry
The efficiency at different cut levels for the Sun with soft spectrum and the modular geometry

Comparison with MSSM prediction

The conversion rate from the Earth compared with present direct detection experiments. Standard Geometry
The conversion rate from the Sun compared with present direct detection experiments. Standard Geometry.
The conversion rate from the Earth compared with present direct detection experiments. Modular Geometry
The conversion rate from the Sun compared with present direct detection experiments. Modular Geometry.

The conversion rate from the Earth compared with future direct detection experiments. Standard Geometry
The conversion rate from the Sun compared with future direct detection experiments. Standard Geometry.
The conversion rate from the Earth compared with future direct detection experiments. Modular Geometry
The conversion rate from the Sun compared with future direct detection experiments. Modular Geometry.

The muon flux from the Earth compared with present direct detection experiments. Current limits from neutrino telescopes are given.
The muon flux from the Sun compared with present direct detection experiments. Current limits from neutrino telescopes are given.

Miscellaneous stuff

Geometry used for standard IceCube simulation: ice.9_125m.60_16m.sp.geo
Geometry used for modular IceCube simulation: ice.10-90m-8-350m.60.16m.sp.geo
Perl script to generate square geometries: gen-square.pl
Perl script to generate geometries with submodules: gen-submod.pl

amasim2 steering file: amasim2.dat
mudedx steering file: mudedx.dat
recoos running script: runrecoos.pl

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Joakim Edsjö, edsjo@physto.se.
Date of last change: 2000-01-07.