https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611611009
From DeepCore to PINGU
Measuring atmospheric neutrino oscillations at the South Pole
DESY, 15735 Zeuthen, Germany
a e-mail: juan.pablo.yanez@desy.de
Published online: 11 April 2016
Very large volume neutrino telescopes (VLVNTs) observe atmospheric neutrinos over a wide energy range (GeV to TeV), after they travel distances as large as the Earth's diameter. DeepCore, the low energy extension of IceCube, has started making meaningful measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters θ23 and | Δm232| by analyzing the atmospheric flux at energies above 10 GeV. PINGU, a proposed project to lower DeepCore's energy threshold, aims to use the same flux to further increase the precision with which these parameters are known, and eventually determine the sign of Δm232. The latest results from DeepCore, and the planned transition to PINGU, are discussed here.
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