Collaborative Research: Measurement of Cosmic Ray Response Functions for an Ice Cherenkov Detector

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该提案寻求资金，以确定一套完整的宇宙射线响应函数，用于冰切伦科夫探测器，该探测器由表面空气淋浴冰顶阵列使用，冰顶阵列是南极冰立方中微子天文台的一部分。这将通过安装在瑞典破冰船奥登号（Oden）上的冷冻车上的探测器（与IceTop传感器相同）进行全球纬度调查来完成。宇宙射线雨的数据将在奥登号从瑞典到麦克默多的航行中记录下来，并在2009-2010年南方夏季返回。奥登在科学研究中的潜在用途已经在NSF南极科学招标NSF 08-535中公布。对学生的持续依赖为这项拟议的研究提供了更广泛的影响，并坚定地将这一努力作为其教育使命的基础。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The proposal seeks funding to determine a complete set of cosmic ray response functions for the ice Cherenkov detector used by the surface air shower IceTop array that is part of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. This would be accomplished by means of a global latitude survey conducted with a detector (identical to the IceTop sensors) built in a freezer van, which will be installed on the Swedish icebreaker Oden. The cosmic rays shower data will be recorded on the Oden voyage from Sweden to McMurdo and return during the 2009-2010 austral summer season. The potential use of Oden for scientific research has been announced in the NSF Antarctic Science solicitation NSF 08-535. Continued reliance on students provides a broader impact to this proposed research and firmly grounds this effort in its educational mission.