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，以确定南极冰立方中微子天文台的表面空气簇射IceTop阵列所使用的冰切伦科夫探测器的一整套宇宙射线响应函数。这将通过全球纬度测量来完成，测量将使用一个安装在冷冻货车中的探测器（与IceTop传感器相同），该探测器将安装在瑞典的“奥登”号破冰船上。宇宙射线簇射数据将在从瑞典到麦克默多的奥登航行中记录，并在2009-2010年南半球夏季返回。南极洲科学征集（NSF 08-535）中已经宣布了奥登用于科学研究的可能性。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，并在其教育使命中坚定地支持这项努力。

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.