1. IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Uderstanding (MOU)
    2. Scope of Work

Last updated: March 31, 2010

 


IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Uderstanding (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 M&O Inst. In-Kind
0.10
               
0.10

        Physics Filters Co. Chair of Cascade WG M&O Inst. In-Kind            
0.25
   
0.25

        Reconstruction/ Analysis tools co-chair of Diffuse WG M&O Inst. In-Kind                
0.25
0.25

    KLEIN,SPENCER Total    
0.15
       
0.25
0.25
0.65

    NYGREN ,DAVID R Detector Maintenance & Operations Track Engine Trigger M&O Inst. In-Kind    
0.10
           
0.10

    NYGREN,DAVID R Total        
0.10
           
0.10

SC KIRYLUK ,JOANNA Detector Calibration Flasher Runs M&O Inst. In-Kind    
0.10
           
0.10

        Detector Monitoring BadDomList M&O Inst. In-Kind    
0.20
           
0.20

        Simulation Production Simulation Production on PDSF M&O Inst. In-Kind        
0.20
       
0.20

    KIRYLUK,JOANNA Total        
0.30
0.20
       
0.50

PO BUITIN,STIJN Simulation Programs DOM simulator & calibrator M&O Inst. In-Kind                
0.35
0.35

    BUITIN,STIJN Total                    
0.35
0.35

    GERHARDT ,LISA Simulation Programs Simulation Programs: cmc M&O Inst. In-Kind                
0.20
0.20

    GERHARDT,LISA Total                        
0.20
0.20

    LBNL PO Detector Monitoring Monitoring shifts M&O Inst. In-Kind    
0.09
           
0.09

    LBNL PO Total        
0.09
         
0.09

CS BEATTIE ,KEITH S Data Acquisition Maintain DAQ Software Systems NSF M&O Core    
0.25
           
0.25

    BEATTIE,KEITH S Total        
0.25
           
0.25

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

    STEZELBERGER,THORSTEN Total        
0.15
           
0.15

LBNL Total            
0.15
0.89
0.20
0.25
0.80
2.29
LBNL built the DOM main boards, and many of our service tasks are related to that; we are responsible for DOMsimulator and DOMcalibrator (S. Buitink), 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 and chairing the cascade working group (S. Klein), 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 serve 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 - Cascade channel wg co-lead, diffuse wg co-lead

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 - verification software, cascade reconstruction software and event selection, flasher analysis, L2 for cascades, simprod on PDSF, searches for diffuse neutrinos

Stijn Buitink – DOM simulator & DOM calibrator, gamma-initiated showers, either point source or diffuse

Graduate Student:

Sandy Miarecki – parallel muon selection algorithms; searches for dimuon events from supersymmetry

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