Speaker
Description
P-ONE is a high-volume neutrino telescope planned to span a cubic kilometre in the Pacific Ocean. It will consist of an array of optical modules (OMs) that house photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to detect TeV-energy neutrinos via Cherenkov radiation. The timing and position of the light detected allow us to reconstruct the path and direction of the incoming neutrinos. While this information is crucial to detect sources of astrophysical neutrinos, the current calibration methods used for neutrino telescopes are limited because it is not feasible to produce particles (or muons) at the relevant energies to understand the detector's response. P-ONE features a unique calibration system, the Muon In-Situ Tracker (MIST), which aims to resolve this issue. It consists of panels of plastic scintillators that are housed within each P-ONE OM, which can directly tag muons that pass through them. The known muon path can be used to estimate the angular resolution of the PMTs' reconstruction. Here, I discuss results from Geant4 simulations of the system and prototype testing to maximize the muon detection efficiency of MIST.
| Keyword-1 | Neutrino Telescope |
|---|---|
| Keyword-2 | P-ONE |
| Keyword-3 | Calibration |