IceCube analysisIceCube analysis

Gary C. HillGary C. HillScience Advisory Committee MeetingScience Advisory Committee Meeting

Madison, WIMadison, WIMarch 30 2006March 30 2006

IceCube analysis planningIceCube analysis planning

Status of analysis planningStatus of analysis planning Analysis matrixAnalysis matrix Institutional interestsInstitutional interests Working group structure and leadersWorking group structure and leaders Publications committeePublications committee Proposal for an analysis meeting – Proposal for an analysis meeting –

mid 2006mid 2006

Status of analysis planningStatus of analysis planning

First survey of interests in December First survey of interests in December 20042004

First look at collaboration-wide First look at collaboration-wide physics interests completedphysics interests completed

Matrix of physics interests vs Matrix of physics interests vs institution – Berkeley, March 2005institution – Berkeley, March 2005

Updated over time…Updated over time…

IceCube analysis interest matrixIceCube analysis interest matrix

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4 5 3 3 11 5 8 15 10 7 8 2 6 2 2 2 2Chiba - Yoshida EHE EHE tau/muPSU - Cowen nu-taunu-e nu-e nu-e nu-e nu-e xClark Atlanta - Japaridze UHE x x xMainz - Koepke x x x xMons - Herquet x nu-tau nu-tau xU Maryland - Sullivan x x x x x xCanterbury - Adams x x x x xStockholm - Hulth x xU Delaware - Gaisser x x x x x x x x x xULB/VLB - Declercq/Bertrand x x xWuppertal - Kampert x x/oscillationsx xDortmund - Rhode x/oscillationsx x x xSouthern - Fazeley CR comp oscillations x xLBNL - Klein/Stokstad x nu-e nu-e/nu-tau DBnu-mu, nu-eDESY-Zeuthen - Schlenstedt x x x x x x x xUtrecht - van Eijndhoven x xOxford - Sarkar xKansas - Besson xUC Berkeley - Price x x x x x x xUC Irvine - Barwick diffuse x xUW Madison - Karle x x x x charmx x x x x xUppsala - Botner/Hallgren x x x x x xIAS Princeton xUW River Falls x xHumboldt - Kolanoski x xGent - x xAlabamaImperial College September 2005September 2005

Institutional look atInstitutional look at

• Graduate students and potential thesis Graduate students and potential thesis topicstopics

• science interestsscience interests

• PersonnelPersonnel• SeniorSenior• PostdocsPostdocs

• Undergraduate Undergraduate studentsstudents

UC BerkeleyUC Berkeley

• Michelangelo D’Agostino – UHE diffuse Michelangelo D’Agostino – UHE diffuse νν• AndrAndrés Morey - TeV és Morey - TeV νν from core collapse SN<20Mpc from core collapse SN<20Mpc• Justin Vandenbroucke – acoustic UHE neutrinosJustin Vandenbroucke – acoustic UHE neutrinos

• atmospheric neutrinos (onset of charm)atmospheric neutrinos (onset of charm)• • slow, supermassive particles (GUT slow, supermassive particles (GUT monopoles, Q-balls, and nuclearites)monopoles, Q-balls, and nuclearites)• • diffuse sources of high-energy diffuse sources of high-energy neutrinosneutrinos• • point source searches with source point source searches with source stacking methodstacking method• • neutrinos from gamma bursters, neutrinos from gamma bursters, especially those that produce cascadesespecially those that produce cascades• • future expansion to ~100 kmfuture expansion to ~100 km33 using using acoustic and radio arrays in coincidenceacoustic and radio arrays in coincidence

• Buford PriceBuford Price• Kurt WoschnaggKurt Woschnagg• Ryan BayRyan Bay• David HardtkeDavid Hardtke• Rodin PorrataRodin Porrata• Kirill Filimonov Kirill Filimonov • Ignacio Taboada Ignacio Taboada

• Doug CowenDoug Cowen• Ty DeYoungTy DeYoung• Brendan FoxBrendan Fox• Martin KestelMartin Kestel• Carsten RottCarsten Rott• Seon-Hee Seo Seon-Hee Seo • Pat ToalePat Toale• Dawn WilliamsDawn Williams• Wolfgang WagnerWolfgang Wagner

Penn StatePenn State

• Steve Movit – cascades from flary AGNSteve Movit – cascades from flary AGN• Doug Rutledge – Atmospheric Doug Rutledge – Atmospheric ννe e cascadescascades• Chang Hyon Ha - TBDChang Hyon Ha - TBD

• Improve cascade directionality Improve cascade directionality • Atmospheric Atmospheric ννe e cascadescascades• GRB cascadesGRB cascades• WIMP cascadesWIMP cascades• point source cascadespoint source cascades• tau neutrinostau neutrinos

• David AtleeDavid Atlee• Jessie Hart Jessie Hart • Mark FoersterMark Foerster• Stephanie FiorenzeStephanie Fiorenze• Vincent ViscomiVincent Viscomi

After summing and depending on After summing and depending on how you count…how you count…

More than 40 existing graduate More than 40 existing graduate students intending to use data students intending to use data obtained with new IceCube obtained with new IceCube instrumentationinstrumentation

Organising analysisOrganising analysis

First ideas – Berkeley March 2005First ideas – Berkeley March 2005 Proposal to ICB – September 2005Proposal to ICB – September 2005

• working group structureworking group structure• Analysis meeting – mid 2006Analysis meeting – mid 2006

Working group structure approved Working group structure approved Oct 05Oct 05

Working group leaders proposed, Working group leaders proposed, approved Mar 06approved Mar 06

Evolution of working groupsEvolution of working groups As IceCube grows, more physics analyses As IceCube grows, more physics analyses

become possiblebecome possible Varying rates that this happens e.g. Varying rates that this happens e.g.

• Point source, diffuse sensitivity grows Point source, diffuse sensitivity grows steadily with increasing size steadily with increasing size

• Low energy analyses in AMANDA strings Low energy analyses in AMANDA strings may benefit greatly from having may benefit greatly from having surrounding strings as a vetosurrounding strings as a veto

• Waveforms will be quickly powerful Waveforms will be quickly powerful → → Physics sensitivities will drive requirements Physics sensitivities will drive requirements

(of course subject to personnel interest and (of course subject to personnel interest and availability)availability)

Presented at Berkeley, March 2005Presented at Berkeley, March 2005

Long term… [working groups]Long term… [working groups] Analysis topics from matrix suggests many groups are Analysis topics from matrix suggests many groups are

possiblepossible Different ways of arranging theseDifferent ways of arranging these e.g. analysis basede.g. analysis based

• point source group that does muon, electron and tau point source group that does muon, electron and tau neutrinosneutrinos

• GRB group that does muon, electron and tau neutrinosGRB group that does muon, electron and tau neutrinos• etcetc

or detection-channel basedor detection-channel based• muon group that does point sources, GRBsmuon group that does point sources, GRBs• electron group that does point sources, GRBselectron group that does point sources, GRBs• etcetc

More analyses than detection channels…More analyses than detection channels… Or some mixture of the two ways…Or some mixture of the two ways…

Presented at Berkeley, March 2005Presented at Berkeley, March 2005

Interacting working groupsInteracting working groups

point sources diffuse sources oscillations GRBs WIMPs Supernovae Monopoles Atmos neutrinos Atmos muons EAS Composition Exotic stuff

muons electrons taus

e.g. muon (electron, tau) group leader would work with leaders of various groups using muons (electrons, taus) in analysis do things consistently, etc

= working group

Presented at Berkeley, March 2005Presented at Berkeley, March 2005

CurrentCurrentProposalProposal

Extensive airExtensive air showersshowers Cosmic ray muonsCosmic ray muons Gamma-ray astronomy via EASGamma-ray astronomy via EAS

Atmospheric neutrinosAtmospheric neutrinos CompositionComposition Atmospheric Atmospheric Atmospheric charm Atmospheric charm OscillationsOscillations High energies (e.g. cross sections)High energies (e.g. cross sections) New physicsNew physics

Point source neutrinosPoint source neutrinos Time dependent (cascade)Time dependent (cascade) Position dependent (muon)Position dependent (muon) Time and position dependent (muon)Time and position dependent (muon) Correlated with other wavelengths Correlated with other wavelengths

(muon, cascade)(muon, cascade) Gamma-ray burstsGamma-ray bursts

Satellite coincident searchesSatellite coincident searches Uncorrelated searchesUncorrelated searches

WIMPs WIMPs EarthEarth SolarSolar

Diffuse neutrinosDiffuse neutrinos VHE energiesVHE energies UHE energiesUHE energies Galactic plane Galactic plane GZK neutrino searchGZK neutrino search

Exotic particlesExotic particles MonopolesMonopoles Other exoticaOther exotica

Supernovae Supernovae Searches for non-predicted Searches for non-predicted

physicsphysics

Muon Muon CascadeCascade Joint track(s) plus cascade(s)Joint track(s) plus cascade(s) (e.g., (e.g.,

Tau neutrino)Tau neutrino)

Physics topic groupsPhysics topic groups

Detection channel groupsDetection channel groups

Gary Hill, Doug CowenGary Hill, Doug Cowen

ICBICBApprovedApproved Oct 05Oct 05

CurrentCurrentProposalProposal

Extensive airExtensive air showersshowers Cosmic ray muonsCosmic ray muons Gamma-ray astronomy via EASGamma-ray astronomy via EAS

Atmospheric neutrinosAtmospheric neutrinos CompositionComposition Atmospheric Atmospheric Atmospheric charm Atmospheric charm OscillationsOscillations High energies (e.g. cross sections)High energies (e.g. cross sections) New physicsNew physics

Point source neutrinosPoint source neutrinos Time dependent (cascade)Time dependent (cascade) Position dependent (muon)Position dependent (muon) Time and position dependent (muon)Time and position dependent (muon) Correlated with other wavelengths Correlated with other wavelengths

(muon, cascade)(muon, cascade) Gamma-ray burstsGamma-ray bursts

Satellite coincident searchesSatellite coincident searches Uncorrelated searchesUncorrelated searches

WIMPs WIMPs EarthEarth SolarSolar

Diffuse neutrinosDiffuse neutrinos VHE energiesVHE energies UHE energiesUHE energies Galactic plane Galactic plane GZK neutrino searchGZK neutrino search

Exotic particlesExotic particles MonopolesMonopoles Other exoticaOther exotica

Supernovae Supernovae Searches for non-predicted Searches for non-predicted

physicsphysics

Muon Muon Kara Hoffman, U MarylandKara Hoffman, U Maryland Cascade Cascade Spencer Klein, LBNLSpencer Klein, LBNL Joint track(s) plus cascade(s)Joint track(s) plus cascade(s) (e.g., (e.g.,

Tau neutrino)Tau neutrino) Shigeru Yoshida, ChibaShigeru Yoshida, Chiba

Physics topic groupsPhysics topic groups

Detection channel groupsDetection channel groups

Gary Hill, Doug CowenGary Hill, Doug Cowen

Tom Gaisser, U. DelawareTom Gaisser, U. Delaware

Albrecht Karle, UW MadisonAlbrecht Karle, UW MadisonElisa Bernardini, DESY-ZeuthenElisa Bernardini, DESY-Zeuthen

Paolo Desiati, UW MadisonPaolo Desiati, UW Madison

Per Olof Hulth, StockholmPer Olof Hulth, Stockholm

Ignacio Taboada, UC BerkeleyIgnacio Taboada, UC Berkeley

Gary Hill, UW MadisonGary Hill, UW MadisonSpencer Klein, LBNLSpencer Klein, LBNL

David Hardtke, UC BerkeleyDavid Hardtke, UC Berkeley

Lutz Koepke, MainzLutz Koepke, Mainz ICBICBApprovedApproved Mar 05Mar 05

Publications committeePublications committee

Lutz Koepke, chairLutz Koepke, chair Members – Spencer Klein, Erik Blaufuss, Members – Spencer Klein, Erik Blaufuss,

Teresa Montaruli, Tom Gaisser, Klas Hultqvist, Teresa Montaruli, Tom Gaisser, Klas Hultqvist, Christopher Wiebusch, Christian Spiering, Christopher Wiebusch, Christian Spiering,

Gary HillGary Hill Tasked with taking first drafts of analyses through Tasked with taking first drafts of analyses through

to publicationto publication Appoint internal referees Appoint internal referees

• Perform first iteration on drafts Perform first iteration on drafts • Follow papers through collaboration reviewFollow papers through collaboration review

IceCube analysis meetingIceCube analysis meeting

Penn State, June 2006Penn State, June 2006 Working groups would prepare estimates Working groups would prepare estimates

of sensitivity for the 2006 IceCube array of sensitivity for the 2006 IceCube array (IceTop, deep-ice, AMANDA)(IceTop, deep-ice, AMANDA)

Presentation and discussion at meetingPresentation and discussion at meeting

SummarySummary

Analysis matrix updatedAnalysis matrix updated Institutional breakdown compiledInstitutional breakdown compiled Working group structure and leaders Working group structure and leaders

approvedapproved Analysis meeting plannedAnalysis meeting planned

Institutional look atInstitutional look at

• Graduate students and potential thesis Graduate students and potential thesis topicstopics

• science interestsscience interests

• PersonnelPersonnel• SeniorSenior• PostdocsPostdocs

• Undergraduate Undergraduate studentsstudents

UC BerkeleyUC Berkeley

• Michelangelo D’Agostino – UHE diffuse Michelangelo D’Agostino – UHE diffuse νν• AndrAndrés Morey - TeV és Morey - TeV νν from core collapse SN<20Mpc from core collapse SN<20Mpc• Justin Vandenbroucke – acoustic UHE neutrinosJustin Vandenbroucke – acoustic UHE neutrinos

• atmospheric neutrinos (onset of charm)atmospheric neutrinos (onset of charm)• • slow, supermassive particles (GUT slow, supermassive particles (GUT monopoles, Q-balls, and nuclearites)monopoles, Q-balls, and nuclearites)• • diffuse sources of high-energy diffuse sources of high-energy neutrinosneutrinos• • point source searches with source point source searches with source stacking methodstacking method• • neutrinos from gamma bursters, neutrinos from gamma bursters, especially those that produce cascadesespecially those that produce cascades• • future expansion to ~100 kmfuture expansion to ~100 km33 using using acoustic and radio arrays in coincidenceacoustic and radio arrays in coincidence

• Buford PriceBuford Price• Kurt WoschnaggKurt Woschnagg• Ryan BayRyan Bay• David HardtkeDavid Hardtke• Rodin PorrataRodin Porrata• Kirill Filimonov Kirill Filimonov • Ignacio Taboada Ignacio Taboada

• Doug CowenDoug Cowen• Ty DeYoungTy DeYoung• Michael GreeneMichael Greene• Martin KestelMartin Kestel• Carsten RottCarsten Rott• Seon-Hee Seo Seon-Hee Seo • Pat ToalePat Toale• Dawn WilliamsDawn Williams

Penn StatePenn State

• Steve Movit – cascades from flary AGNSteve Movit – cascades from flary AGN• Doug Rutledge – GRB cascadesDoug Rutledge – GRB cascades

• Improve cascade directionality Improve cascade directionality • Atmospheric Atmospheric ννe e cascadescascades• GRB cascadesGRB cascades• WIMP cascadesWIMP cascades• point source cascadespoint source cascades• tau neutrinostau neutrinos

• David AtleeDavid Atlee• Jessie Hart Jessie Hart • Eric SmithEric Smith

• Shigeru YoshidaShigeru Yoshida• Keiichi MaseKeiichi Mase

ChibaChiba

• Hiroko Miyamoto – EHE Hiroko Miyamoto – EHE • Mina Inaba – EHEMina Inaba – EHE• Tsuyoshi NodaTsuyoshi Noda• Jee Fujimoto Jee Fujimoto

• EHEEHE• HE atmospheric downgoing muons with HE atmospheric downgoing muons with cascadescascades• Diffuse mu/tau signal search > 1-10 PeVDiffuse mu/tau signal search > 1-10 PeV• Hybrid events with IceTopHybrid events with IceTop

• George JaparidzeGeorge Japaridze

Clark AtlantaClark Atlanta

• Oladipo Fadiran – Com.Sci. – reco in RAliceOladipo Fadiran – Com.Sci. – reco in RAlice

• UHE muonsUHE muons• UHE point sourcesUHE point sources• ExoticsExotics• monopolesmonopoles• black holesblack holes• zillaszillas• Yellow bookYellow book

• Lutz KoepkeLutz Koepke• Heinz-Georg SanderHeinz-Georg Sander

MainzMainz

• Rebecca Gozzini – monopolesRebecca Gozzini – monopoles• Alexander Piegsa - SNAlexander Piegsa - SN• Thomas Kowarik - SNThomas Kowarik - SN• Thomas Becka - AMANDAThomas Becka - AMANDA

• SupernovaeSupernovae• Point sourcesPoint sources• monopolesmonopoles• atmospheric neutrinosatmospheric neutrinos

• Karl-Heinz KampertKarl-Heinz Kampert• Christopher WiebuschChristopher Wiebusch• Simon RobbinsSimon Robbins• Heiko GeenenHeiko Geenen

WuppertalWuppertal

• Maria Gurtner - energy reconstructionMaria Gurtner - energy reconstruction• Jan-Patrik Huelss – neutrino anisotropyJan-Patrik Huelss – neutrino anisotropy• Benjamin Semburg – downgoing muon anisotropyBenjamin Semburg – downgoing muon anisotropy

• Diffuse fluxesDiffuse fluxes• Point sourcesPoint sources• atmospheric neutrinosatmospheric neutrinos• downgoing muonsdowngoing muons• anisotropiesanisotropies

• Philippe HerquetPhilippe Herquet• Mathieu Ribordy – muon reco, point sourcesMathieu Ribordy – muon reco, point sources

MonsMons

• Georges Kohnen – UHE diffuseGeorges Kohnen – UHE diffuse• Thierry Castermans – UHE diffuseThierry Castermans – UHE diffuse

• UHE diffuse searchesUHE diffuse searches• Tau neutrinosTau neutrinos• Exotics – micro black holes, close Exotics – micro black holes, close coincident muonscoincident muons

• Greg SullivanGreg Sullivan• Jordan GoodmanJordan Goodman• Kara HoffmanKara Hoffman• Erik BlaufussErik Blaufuss• Dusan TurcanDusan Turcan• Alex OliviasAlex Olivias

MarylandMaryland

• John Pretz – point and diffuse sources – AM-II+IC1John Pretz – point and diffuse sources – AM-II+IC1• Ralf Erlich – WIMPs - AM-II+IC1Ralf Erlich – WIMPs - AM-II+IC1• Phil Roth Phil Roth • Brian ChristyBrian Christy

• Atmospheric neutrinosAtmospheric neutrinos• Diffuse sourcesDiffuse sources• Point sourcesPoint sources• GRBGRB• WIMPsWIMPs

• Jenni AdamsJenni Adams• Suruj Seunarine – CR EASSuruj Seunarine – CR EAS• Steve ChurchwellSteve Churchwell

CanterburyCanterbury

• Kahae Han – WIMP (AMANDA)Kahae Han – WIMP (AMANDA)• Antony Gomez – RICE/IceCube Antony Gomez – RICE/IceCube

• MonopolesMonopoles• Beyond standard model physicsBeyond standard model physics• cosmic ray air showerscosmic ray air showers• WIMPsWIMPs• RICE/IceCubeRICE/IceCube

• Per Olof Hulth - WIMPsPer Olof Hulth - WIMPs• Christian Walck - WIMPsChristian Walck - WIMPs• Klas Hultqvist - WIMPsKlas Hultqvist - WIMPs• Stephan Hundertmark UHE, Stephan Hundertmark UHE, acoustic acoustic

StockholmStockholm

• Thomas Burgess – solar WIMPsThomas Burgess – solar WIMPs• Christin Burgess - UHEChristin Burgess - UHE• Gustav Wikstrom – solar WIMPsGustav Wikstrom – solar WIMPs

• Solar WIMPsSolar WIMPs• UHE neutrinosUHE neutrinos

• Tom GaisserTom Gaisser• Todor StanevTodor Stanev• Dave SeckelDave Seckel• Serap TilavSerap Tilav• Tonio HauschildtTonio Hauschildt• Peter NiessenPeter Niessen• Xinhua BaiXinhua Bai

BartolBartol

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• Cosmic raysCosmic rays• Atmospheric neutrinosAtmospheric neutrinos• Point sourcesPoint sources• GRBGRB• WIMPsWIMPs• Standard model dimuonsStandard model dimuons• Exotics - sleptonsExotics - sleptons

• Catherine DeClerqCatherine DeClerq• Daniel BertrandDaniel Bertrand• Daan Hubert – solar WIMPsDaan Hubert – solar WIMPs• Patrick Berghaus – point sourcesPatrick Berghaus – point sources• Bruny BaretBruny Baret

ULB/VLBULB/VLB

• Alfio Rizzo – solar WIMPsAlfio Rizzo – solar WIMPs

• Point sourcesPoint sources• WIMPsWIMPs

• Wolfgang RhodeWolfgang Rhode• Athina MeliAthina Meli• Wolfgang WagnerWolfgang Wagner

DortmundDortmund

• Julia BeckerJulia Becker• Kirsten MuenichKirsten Muenich• Andreas GrossAndreas Gross• Matthias BarteltMatthias Bartelt• Frank RefflinghausFrank Refflinghaus• Jens DreyerJens Dreyer

• Atmospheric neutrinos, muonsAtmospheric neutrinos, muons• oscillationsoscillations• diffuse neutrinosdiffuse neutrinos• point source neutrinospoint source neutrinos• time variabletime variable• GRBsGRBs

• Ali R. FazelyAli R. Fazely• Rathnayaka GunasinghaRathnayaka Gunasingha• Xianwu XuXianwu Xu

Southern UniversitySouthern University

• Aaron S. Richard - oscillations Aaron S. Richard - oscillations • Patrice Moss – WIMPsPatrice Moss – WIMPs• Derbarshi BhatachariaDerbarshi Bhatacharia

• Neutrino oscillationsNeutrino oscillations• WIMPsWIMPs• CR compositionCR composition

• Bob StokstadBob Stokstad• Dave NygrenDave Nygren• Howard MathisHoward Mathis• Spencer Klein – diffuse Spencer Klein – diffuse ννee

• Azriel Goldschmidt – Azriel Goldschmidt – ννμμ point sourcespoint sources• Tom McCauley – diffuse Tom McCauley – diffuse ννee • Dima Chirkin - everythingDima Chirkin - everything

LBNLLBNL

• Sourov Mandel - cascadesSourov Mandel - cascades• Jon Aytac – high pJon Aytac – high pTT physics physics

• muons and cascadesmuons and cascades• diffuse diffuse ννe e , , then point source then point source ννee

• ννμμ point sources point sources• high phigh pT T physics – separated muonsphysics – separated muons• dimuons, disleptonsdimuons, disleptons

• Christian SpieringChristian Spiering• Stefan SchlenstedtStefan Schlenstedt• Rolf NanhauerRolf Nanhauer• Michael WalterMichael Walter• Elisa BernardiniElisa Bernardini• Elisa ResconiElisa Resconi• Damian PielothDamian Pieloth

DESY-ZeuthenDESY-Zeuthen

• Henrike Wissing – monopoles (AMANDA)Henrike Wissing – monopoles (AMANDA)• Markus Ackerman – point sources (AMANDA)Markus Ackerman – point sources (AMANDA)• Oxana Tarasova – DOM, cascadesOxana Tarasova – DOM, cascades• Bernhard Voigt – DOMBernhard Voigt – DOM• Rafael Lang – Ice properties and sensitivities of OMsRafael Lang – Ice properties and sensitivities of OMs• Sebastian Boeser – acousticSebastian Boeser – acoustic• Jan Fischer - acousticJan Fischer - acoustic

• Point source – multiwavelengthPoint source – multiwavelength• Monopoles – fast and slowMonopoles – fast and slow• Cosmic rays with IceTop/IceCubeCosmic rays with IceTop/IceCube• CascadesCascades• UHE - acousticUHE - acoustic• Atmospheric neutrinosAtmospheric neutrinos• Atmospheric muonsAtmospheric muons

• Nick van EijndhovenNick van Eijndhoven• John HeiseJohn Heise• Bram AchterbergBram Achterberg• Garmt de VriesGarmt de Vries

Utrecht/SRONUtrecht/SRON

• Martijn Duvoort – GRB neutrino searchMartijn Duvoort – GRB neutrino search

• GRB searchesGRB searches• point sourcespoint sources

• Subir SakarSubir Sakar• Joe SilkJoe Silk

OxfordOxford

• Andy TaylorAndy Taylor

• Yellow book – background Yellow book – background material and calculations for material and calculations for physics analysesphysics analyses

• Dave BessonDave Besson

KansasKansas

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• RICERICE• Acoustic/radio/optical hybridAcoustic/radio/optical hybrid

• Steve BarwickSteve Barwick• Gaurang YodhGaurang Yodh• Ji-woo NamJi-woo Nam

UC-IrvineUC-Irvine

• Kyler Kuehn (GRB – AMANDA)Kyler Kuehn (GRB – AMANDA)• Lisa Gerhardt (UHE diffuse – AMANDA)Lisa Gerhardt (UHE diffuse – AMANDA)• Andrea Silvestri (TWR – AMANDA)Andrea Silvestri (TWR – AMANDA)

• UHE UHE • GRBsGRBs

• Hermann KolanoskiHermann Kolanoski

HumboldtHumboldt

• Stefan Klepser – air shower analysisStefan Klepser – air shower analysis• Frigga Wendt – air shower models with IceTopFrigga Wendt – air shower models with IceTop

• EASEAS• EAS/muonEAS/muon• Point sources Point sources

• Igor LuibarskyIgor Luibarsky

Imperial CollegeImperial College

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• Dirk RyckboschDirk Ryckbosch

University of GentUniversity of Gent

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• Olga BotnerOlga Botner• Alan HallgrenAlan Hallgren• Adam BouchtaAdam Bouchta• Carlos de los HerosCarlos de los Heros

UppsalaUppsala

• Johan Lundberg Johan Lundberg

• WIMPs – solar and earthWIMPs – solar and earth• point sourcespoint sources• zillaszillas• acoustic/radio/opticalacoustic/radio/optical• supernovaesupernovae

• Francis HalzenFrancis Halzen• Bob MorseBob Morse• Haki OgelmanHaki Ogelman• Albrecht KarleAlbrecht Karle• Teresa MontaruliTeresa Montaruli• Gary HillGary Hill• Paolo DesitatiPaolo Desitati• Kael HansonKael Hanson• Chris WendtChris Wendt• Mark KrasbergMark Krasberg• Hagar LandsmanHagar Landsman• David BoersmaDavid Boersma• Kotoyo HoshinaKotoyo Hoshina• Chiwa SongChiwa Song• Aya IshiharaAya Ishihara• Juande ZornozaJuande Zornoza• Juan-Carlos Diaz-VelezJuan-Carlos Diaz-Velez

UW MadisonUW Madison •

• Brennan HugheyBrennan Hughey untriggered cascade GRB searchuntriggered cascade GRB search 20062006• Michael StamatikosMichael Stamatikos triggered GRB muon searchtriggered GRB muon search 20052005• You-Ren WangYou-Ren Wang point source and clusterpoint source and cluster 20052005• Newt GanugapatiNewt Ganugapati point source and clusterpoint source and cluster 20052005• Jim BraunJim Braun DAQ/flasher/point sourcesDAQ/flasher/point sources 20082008• Jessica HodgesJessica Hodges diffuse neutrinos AIIdiffuse neutrinos AII 20062006• John KelleyJohn Kelley atmos. Neutrinos/galactic planeatmos. Neutrinos/galactic plane 2008 2008 • Sean GrullonSean Grullon diffuse neutrinos Ice3diffuse neutrinos Ice3 20082008• Eric StrahlerEric Strahler GRB neutrinosGRB neutrinos 20082008• Karen AndeenKaren Andeen Cosmic Ray composition Spase/Icetop?Cosmic Ray composition Spase/Icetop? 20082008• Annie MalkusAnnie Malkus WIMPs 2010WIMPs 2010

• Carlos Peña-GarayCarlos Peña-Garay

Princeton/IASPrinceton/IAS

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• GZK neutrinosGZK neutrinos

• Jim MadsenJim Madsen• Glenn SpiczakGlenn Spiczak• Rellen HardtkeRellen Hardtke

UW River FallsUW River Falls

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• AirshowersAirshowers• GRBsGRBs

• Jonathon EischJonathon Eisch• Luke ChambersLuke Chambers• Michael TateMichael Tate