Detecting the neutrino mass hierarchy with a supernova at IceCube
Detecting the neutrino mass hierarchy with a supernova at IceCube
IceCube, a future km3 antarctic ice Cherenkov neutrino telescope, is highly sensitive to a galactic supernova (SN) neutrino burst. The Cherenkov light corresponding to the total energy deposited by the SN neutrinos in the ice can be measured relative to background fluctuations with a statistical precision much better than 1%. …