1. IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
    2. Scope of Work
    3. Faculty:
    4. Scientists and Post Docs:
    5. Graduate Student:
    6. Masters Student:

Last updated: September 6, 2012

 


IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)


Scope of Work

Labor Cat.
Names
WBS L3
Tasks
Funds Source
WBS 2.1
WBS 2.2
WBS 2.3
WBS 2.4
WBS 2.5
Grand Total

         
Program Management
Detector Maintenance & Operations
Computing & Data Management
Triggering & Filtering
Data Quality, Reconstruction & Simulation Tools
 		  

KE KLEIN, SPENCER Administration Supervise LBNL effort NSF M&O Core
0.05
               
0.05

    Administration PubComm Member Institutional In-Kind
0.10
               
0.10

        Physics Filters co-chair of Diffuse WG Institutional In-Kind            
0.25
 
0.25

    KLEIN, SPENCER Total    
0.15
       
0.25
 
0.40

    NYGREN, DAVID R Detector Maintenance & Operations Track Engine Trigger Institutional In-Kind    
0.10
           
0.10

    NYGREN,DAVID R Total        
0.10
           
0.10

PO GERHARDT, LISA Simulation Programs Simulation Programs: cmc Base Grant                
0.20
0.20

      Simulation Production Simulation Production on PDSF Base Grant        
0.20
       
0.20

    GERHARDT, LISA Total                
0.20
   
0.20
0.40

    CHANG, HYON HA Detector Monitoring Monitoring shifts Base Grant    
0.09
           
0.09

    Physics Filters L2 processing for IC86, studying cascade energy resolution Base Grant             0.30  
0.30

    Simulation Programs DOM simulator & calibrator Base Grant                
0.10
0.10

    CHANG, HYON HA Total        
0.09
  0.30
0.10
0.49

EN STEZELBERGER, THORSTEN Data Acquisition Maintain DAQ Hardware NSF M&O Core    
0.15
           
0.15

    STEZELBERGER, THORSTEN Total        
0.15
           
0.15

GR SANDRA, MIARECKI Reconstruction/ Analysis tools Algorithm for measuring muon energy Base Grant              
0.30
0.30

    SANDRA, MIARECKI Total              
0.30
0.30

  BINDER, GARY Reconstruction/ Analysis tools Cascade reconstruction algorithm Base Grant              
0.20
0.20

    BINDER, GARY Total              
0.20
0.20

LBNL Total            
0.15
0.34
0.20
0.55
0.80
2.04

LBNL built the DOM main boards, and many of our service tasks are related to that; we are responsible for DOMsimulator and DOMcalibrator (Chang Hyon Ha), 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 atmospheric/diffuse PWG (S. Klein), work on verification and monitoring, studies of hole ice (L. Gerhardt), Simulation Programs: cmc (L. Gerhardt) and work on reconstruction algorithms (L. Gerhardt, S. Miarecki), 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. Sandy Miarecki has developed a new method for measuring muon energy which has significantly better resolution than the previous approaches, and is now implementing it in IceTray and fine-tuning it.
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. D. VanDerDrift is 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. Finally, Miarecki is working on a measurement of the neutrino-nucleon cross-section by measuring atmospheric neutrino absorption in the Earth; statistics permitting, this will be her PhD dissertation.

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. L. Gerhardt 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
Azriel Goldschmidt



Scientists and Post Docs:

Lisa Gerhard - Studies of hole ice, double muon reconstruction; studies of high transverse momentum muons, Simulation Programs: CMC, simprod on PDSF.

Chang Hyon Ha - DOM simulator & DOM calibrator, L2 processing for IC86, studying cascade energy resolution, atmospheric neutrino studies



Graduate Student:

Sandy Miarecki – muon energy measurement, atmospheric muon neutrinos, and the neutrino-nucleon cross-section

Gary Binder - cascade reconstruction



Masters Student:

Don VanDerDrift – running and understanding corsika simulations 0.1 FTE

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