Speaker
Alexander Harnisch
(TU Dortmund)
Description
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects Cherenkov photons emitted by charged particles passing through the antarctic ice. The properties of light propagation in and around the detector must be well understood, to be able to learn about the interacting particles and their origin. This talk gives an overview of how to use in-situ light sources to derive ice parameters by performing gradient descent optimization instead of grid searches.
Primary author
Alexander Harnisch
(TU Dortmund)
