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Last updated: April 15, 2011
IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
Scope of Work
Labor Cat.
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Names
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WBS L3
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Tasks
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Funds Source
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WBS 2.1
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WBS 2.2
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WBS 2.3
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WBS 2.4
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WBS 2.5
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Grand Total
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Program Management
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Detector Maintenance & Operations
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Computing & Data Management
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Triggering & Filtering
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Data Quality, Reconstruction & Simulation Tools
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KE | KLEIN ,SPENCER | Administration | Supervise LBNL effort | NSF M&O Core | 0.05
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0.05
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Administration | PubComm Member | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.10
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0.10
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Reconstruction/ Analysis tools | co-chair of Diffuse WG | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.25
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0.25
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KLEIN,SPENCER Total | 0.15
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0.25
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0.40
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NYGREN ,DAVID R | Detector Maintenance & Operations | Track Engine Trigger | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.10
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0.10
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NYGREN,DAVID R Total | 0.10
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0.10
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SC | KIRYLUK ,JOANNA | Physics Filters | Co. Chair of Cascade WG | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.25
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0.25
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Detector Calibration | Flasher Runs | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.10
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0.10
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Detector Monitoring | BadDomList | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.20
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0.20
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Simulation Production | Simulation Production on PDSF | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.20
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0.20
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KIRYLUK,JOANNA Total | 0.30
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0.20
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0.25
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0.75
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PO | GERHARDT ,LISA | Simulation Programs | Simulation Programs: cmc | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.20
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0.20
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GERHARDT,LISA Total | 0.20
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0.20
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LBNL PO | Detector Monitoring | Monitoring shifts | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.09
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0.09
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Simulation Programs | DOM simulator & calibrator | M&O Inst. In-Kind | 0.35
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0.35
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LBNL PO Total | 0.09
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0.35
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0.44
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EN | STEZELBERGER, THORSTEN | Data Acquisition | Maintain DAQ Hardware | NSF M&O Core | 0.15
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0.15
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STEZELBERGER,THORSTEN Total | 0.15
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0.15
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LBNL Total | 0.15
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0.64
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0.20
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0.25
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0.80
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2.04
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LBNL built the DOM main boards, and many of our service tasks are related to that; we are responsible for DOMsimulator and DOMcalibrator ( Post Doc TBD ), and work on flasher calibrations, where the original goal was to measure the electronics performance. This includes work on the new (for IC59) SLC isolated hits, an improved baseline determination (needed for accurate charge determination) and a possible improved model for fADC pulse shapes. Our other service activities include member of the Publication Committee (S. Klein), co-chairing the cascade working group ( J. Kirylyuk) , work on verification and monitoring (mostly J. Kirylyuk), studies of hole ice (L. Gerhardt), Simulation Programs: cmc (L. Gerhardt) and work on reconstruction algorithms (J. Kiryluk, L. Gerhardt), and work on the track engine trigger (D. Nygren). L. Gerhardt, in particular, is developing reconstruction algorithms for two parallel tracks, as are found in air showers with high transverse momentum muons, and pairs of upgoing particles that are predicted in some models of supersymmetry. J. Kiryluk also maintains the software to handle templates that are serving as reference data for IceCube data verification efforts.
Our analysis efforts are focused in several areas. The first a search for extraterrestrial neutrinos, especially cascades. The second is a search for atypical cosmic-ray showers; events with high transverse momentum muons in showers and photon-initiated showers with a very low muon content. We are also interested in upgoing muon pairs, a signature for new physics (the techniques for this are similar to those used for high transverse momentum muons.
We use the National Energy Research Supercomputer Center (NERSC) ‘PDSF (Parallel Distributed Systems Facility) to produce Monte Carlo event samples; this has mostly been cascade signal events. J. Kiryluk maintains the PDSF software installation and coordinates this production. The hardware is maintained by NERSC.
Faculty:
R. Stokstad – timing calibrations
D.R. Nygren – Executive committee, “Track Engine” trigger
S.R. Klein - diffuse wg co-lead, Pubcomm member
Scientists and Post Docs:
Azriel Goldschmidt
Lisa Gerhard - Studies of hole ice, double muon reconstruction; studies of high transverse momentum muons, Simulation Programs: CMC
Joanna Kiryluk - Cascade channel wg co-lead , verification software, cascade reconstruction software and event selection, flasher analysis, L2 for cascades, simprod on PDSF, searches for diffuse neutrinos
Post Doc TBD: DOM simulator & DOM calibrator
Graduate Student:
Sandy Miarecki – parallel muon selection algorithms; searches for dimuon events from supersymmetry
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