IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration, Coppin, P., Toscano, S., Eijndhoven, N. V., Correa Camiroaga, P., De Clercq, C., De Wasseige, G. L., De Vries, K., & Maggi Olmedo, G. A. (2020). Design and Performance of the first IceAct Demonstrator at the South Pole. JINST, 15(2), Article T02002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/02/T02002

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title = "Design and Performance of the first IceAct Demonstrator at the South Pole",
abstract = " In this paper we describe the first results of a compact imaging air-Cherenkov telescope, IceAct, operating in coincidence with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (IceCube) at the geographic South Pole. An array of IceAct telescopes (referred to as the IceAct project) is under consideration as part of the IceCube-Gen2 extension to IceCube. Surface detectors in general will be a powerful tool in IceCube-Gen2 for distinguishing astrophysical neutrinos from the dominant backgrounds of cosmic-ray induced atmospheric muons and neutrinos: the IceTop array is already in place as part of IceCube, but has a high energy threshold. Although the duty cycle will be lower for the IceAct telescopes than the present IceTop tanks, the IceAct telescopes may prove to be more effective at lowering the detection threshold for air showers. Additionally, small imaging air-Cherenkov telescopes in combination with IceTop, the deep IceCube detector or other future detector systems might improve measurements of the composition of the cosmic ray energy spectrum. In this paper we present measurements of a first 7-pixel imaging air Cherenkov telescope demonstrator, proving the capability of this technology to measure air showers at the South Pole in coincidence with IceTop and the deep IceCube detector. ",
keywords = "astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.HE",
author = "{IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration} and Aguilar, {J. A.} and M. Ahrens and C. Alispach and K. Andeen and T. Anderson and G. Anton and C. Arg{\"u}elles and Arlen, {T. C.} and J. Auffenberg and S. Axani and H. Bagherpour and X. Bai and A., {Balagopal V.} and A. Barbano and S. Choi and P. Coppin and Ridder, {S. De} and Wasseige, {G. de} and Hill, {G. C.} and R. Hoffmann and M. Huber and T. Huege and Klein, {S. R.} and Krauss, {C. B.} and M. Labare and Liu, {Q. R.} and J. L{\"u}nemann and Y. Lyu and Ma, {W. Y.} and H. Pandya and D. Ryckbosch and A. Schneider and S. Toscano and Driessche, {W. Van} and Eijndhoven, {N. van} and A. Wallace and Weiss, {M. J.} and Xu, {D. L.} and {Correa Camiroaga}, Pablo and {De Clercq}, Catherine and {De Wasseige}, {Gwenha{\"e}l Laure} and {De Vries}, Krijn and {Maggi Olmedo}, {Giuliano Alexander}",
note = "Submitted to JINST",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1088/1748-0221/15/02/T02002",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
journal = "JINST",
issn = "1748-0221",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "2",
}