1. IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
  1.        Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    1. Janet M. Conrad
    2. Scope of Work

Last updated: September 17, 2016
 



IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
 

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        Massachusetts Institute of Technology



Janet M. Conrad
Ph.D Scientists (Faculty Scientist/Post Doc Grads):  3  (1 2 4)



Scope of Work

 

Labor Cat.
Names
WBS Level 3
Tasks
WBS 2.1
WBS 2.2
WBS 2.3
WBS 2.4
WBS 2.5
WBS 2.6
Grand Total
       
Program Coordination
Detector Maintenance & Operations
Computing & Data Management
Data Processing & Simulation
Software
Calibration
 
KE Janet M. Conrad Engineering and R&D support Test beam development
0.05
 
 
 
 
 
0.05
    Engineering and R&D support mTOM development
0.05
 
 
 
 
 
0.05
  Janet M. Conrad Total  
0.10
         
0.10
PO Carlos Arguelles Delgado Simulation Software NuSQuIDS, NuSFGen, and MC reweighting development         0.30  
0.30
  Carlos Arguelles Total           0.30  
0.30
  Ben Safdi Reconstruction NonPoisson Template Fitting Code         0.30  
0.30
  Ben Safdi Total           0.30  
0.30
GR Gabriel H. Collin Detector Calibration Flasher code development            
0.10
0.10
    Simulation Software NuSQUIDs model update        
0.50
 
0.50
  Gabriel H. Collin Total           0.50
0.10
0.60
  Spencer Axani Simulation Software Earth & Atmos simulations for systematic error studies         0.10  
0.10
    Engineering and R&D Support mTOM development and expertise in CAD 0.20          
0.20
Spencer Axani Total   0.20         0.10  
0.30
  Marjon Moulai Simulation Software Development of code describing nu decay        
0.15
 
0.15
 
   		   Engineering and R&D support Test beam development 0.10          
0.10
Marjon Moulai Total   0.10      
0.15
 
0.25
  Nick Rodd Reconstruction NonPoissonian Template Fitting code        
0.25
 
0.25
  Nick Rodd Total          
0.25
 
0.25
MIT Total
0.40
0.0
  0.0   0.0
1.60
0.10
2.10
 
Note: Gen-2 contributions not relevant for IceCube M&O are highlig hted in blue (Total: 0.30 FTE)
 Faculty:

Janet M. Conrad – Institution lead, M&O responsibilities in R&D (2.1.2) including proposing a FNAL testbeam run at to constrain particle simulations for IceCube and PINGU (this project is being organized by Teppei Katori) and studying isolated optical modules (mTOMs) for PINGU.


Scientists and Post Docs:

Carlos Arguelles -- M&O responsibility is in maintaining and improving his simulation code for use in the 5 year IC86 analysis. Specific projects are 1) speeding up NuSQUiDS, 2) updating NuFSGen to represent the 5 year data set and 3) speeding up the analysis by improving the reweighting algorithm for MC events.

Analysis Topics: Bring the 1-year IC86 sterile neutrino analysis to publication, and start organizing the 5-year IC86 analysis. Develop the neutrino decay analysis. Begin outlining the NSI-using-TeV-neutrinos analysis.

Ben Safdi – M&O responsibility is in introducing his code for NonPoissonian Template Fitting to find below-threshold point sources. The technique was developed for Fermi-LAT and then made publicly available through github.

Analysis Topics: Apply the NPTF algorithm to the IC86 sterile neutrino, having initially developed the code using the IC59 public release data set.


Grad Students:

Spencer Axani – (2nd year) M&O responsibility is in Data Quality, Reconstruction and Simulation (2.5.1), presently concentrating on taking over the sterile neutrino oscillation error code from Ben Jones who has graduated, as well as starting the event selection for the 1 to 100 TeV range of data in the 5 year data set. M&O responsibilities in R&D (2.1.2) consist of developing the mTOM prototypes.

Analysis Topic: IC86 sterile neutrino analysis using 5-year data set.

Gabriel Collin – (4th year) M&O responsibility in detector maintenance and operations (2.2.8) is single PE DOM studies in coordination with Dawn Williams. This began June 1, 2015 and will continue through next summer. M&O responsibility in Data Quality, Reconstruction and Simulation (2.5.1.) is on 1) expanding the flux model of A. Fedynitch to include more atmospheric density data sets and 2) determining atmospheric systematics using errors on these data sets for the NonPoissionian Template Fit Input. Focus is in the 1-100 TeV range.

Analysis Topics: NPFT analysis, IC86 sterile analysis using 5-year data set and neutrino decay analysis.

Marjon Moulai – (2nd year) Still completing coursework, starts full time in summer. M&O responsibility in R&D (2.1.2) is on 1) studying the advantages of more pixelization in HEA for reconstructing PeV events and 2) working on the testbeam concept, which is being led by Teppei Katori.

Analysis Topics: TBD. Will begin in the Osc-Low En group.

Nick Rodd – (3rd year) M&O responsibility in Data Quality, Reconstruction and Simulation (2.5.1.) is on introducing the the NonPoissionian Template Fit Input. Focus is in the 1-100 TeV range.

Analysis Topics: NPFT analysis.

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