{"paper":{"title":"Estimating the sensitivity of the IceCube Upgrade to probe the interior of the Earth using atmospheric neutrino oscillations","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.EP","hep-ph","physics.geo-ph"],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. A. Harnisch, A. Balagopal V., A. Chubarov, A. Connolly, A. Domi, A. Eimer, A. Fattorini, A. Fedynitch, A. Franckowiak, A. Garcia, A. Ghadimi, A. Granados, A. Hallgren, A. Haungs, A. Hidvegi, A. Hollnagel, A. Ishihara, A. Kappes, A. Karle, A. Katil, A. Khatee Zathul, A. Kheirandish, A. Kochocki, A. Kravka, A. Kumar, A. K. Upadhyay, A. Leszczy{\\'n}ska, A. Mand, A. Medina, A. Mosbrugger, A. Noell, A. Novikov, A. Obertacke, A. Olivas, A. Parenti, A. Pont{\\'e}n, A. Rehman, A. R. Fazely, A. Rifaie, A. Rosted, A. Sandrock, A. Scholz, A. Terliuk, A. Thakuri, A. Vaidyanathan, A. Vijai, A. Wang, A. Weindl, A. Y. Wen, A. Zander Jurowitzki, A. Zegarelli, B. A. Clark, B. Brinson, B. Henke, B. Owens, B. Pries, B. Riedel, B. Schl{\\\"u}ter, B. Skrzypek, C. Arg{\\\"u}elles, C. Bellenghi, C. Boscolo Meneguolo, C. De Clercq, C. D. Rho, C. Eldridge, C. Finley, C. Glaser, C. G{\\\"u}nther, C. Ha, C. Hill, C. H. Wiebusch, C. Klein, C. Kopper, C. Lagunas Gualda, C. Li, C. Lin, C. Love, C. Parisel, C. Raab, C. Rott, C. Spannfellner, C. Spiering, C. Walck, C. Weaver, C. Wendt, C. Zilleruelo Ca{\\~n}as, D. A. Coloma Borja, D. Berley, D. Butterfield, D. Chirkin, D. Delgado, D. Durnford, D. Els{\\\"a}sser, D. F. Cowen, D. Fox, D. Grant, D. Guevel, D. Hooper, D. J. Koskinen, D. Kang, D. Mousadi, D. R. Williams, D. Ryckbosch, D. Salazar-Gallegos, D. Seckel, D. Soldin, D. Song, D. Tosi, D. Veske, D. Z. Besson, E. Bernardini, E. Blaufuss, E. Ellinger, E. Ganster, E. Genton, E. H. S. Warrick, E. J. Roberts, E. Krupczak, E. Kun, E. Magnus, E. Manao, E. Moyaux, E. N. Paudel, E. O'Sullivan, E. Resconi, E. Yildizci, F. Bontempo, F. G. Schr{\\\"o}der, F. Halzen, F. Henningsen, F. Kirchner, F. Lauber, F. Lucarelli, F. Mayhew, F. McNally, F. Schl{\\\"u}ter, F. Schmitt, F. Varsi, F. Yu, G. C. Hill, G. de Wasseige, G. M. Spiczak, G. Sanger-Johnson, G. Sommani, G. T. Przybylski, G. Wrede, G. W. Sullivan, H. Erpenbeck, H. Kimku, H. Kolanoski, H. Niederhausen, H. Pandya, H. Schieler, I. C. Mari{\\c{s}}, I. Martinez-Soler, I. Reistroffer, I. Taboada, J. A. Aguilar, J. Adams, J. A. Torres, J. Becker Tjus, J. Beise, J. B{\\\"o}ttcher, J. Braun, J. Carpio, J. C. D{\\'\\i}az-V{\\'e}lez, J. Evans, J. Gallagher, J. G. Gonzalez, J. Hardin, J. H{\\\"a}u{\\ss}ler, J. Hellrung, J. J. Beatty, J. J. DeLaunay, J. Kiryluk, J. Krishnamoorthi, J. Liao, J. L. Kelley, J.M. Alameddine, J. Mauro, J. M. Conrad, J. Mitchell, J. Osborn, J. Peterson, J. P. Lazar, J. P. Yanez, J. Rack-Helleis, J. Saffer, J. Soedingrekso, J. Stachurska, J. Thwaites, J. Valverde, J. Vandenbroucke, J. van Santen, J. Vara, J. Villarreal, J. Weldert, J. Werthebach, J. Woodward, J. Y. Book Motzkin, K. Andeen, K. Carloni, K. D. de Vries, K. D. Hoffman, K. Dutta, K. Fang, K. Farrag, K. Hanson, K. Helbing, K. Hoshina, K. Hultqvist, K. Hymon, K. Kruiswijk, K. Leonard DeHolton, K. L. Fan, K. Meagher, K. M. Groth, K. Noda, K. Rawlins, K. Tollefson, K. Upshaw, L. Bloom, L. Brusa, L. Draper, L. Dueser, L. Eidenschink, L. Gerhardt, L. Halve, L. Hamacher, L. Hennig, L. Heuermann, L. Kardum, L. K{\\\"o}pke, L. Lallement Arnaud, L. Lu, L. Marten, L. Merten, L. Molchany, L. Neste, L. Paul, L. Pyras, L. Ricca, L. Ruohan, L. Schlickmann, L. Seen, L. Van Rootselaar, L. Witthaus, M. Ackermann, M. A. DuVernois, M. Ahlers, M. Dittmer, M. Garcia, M. Handt, M. Hostert, M. Hrywniak, M. Jacquart, M. Jansson, M. Jin, M. J. Larson, M. Kauer, M. Khanal, M. Kowalski, M. Liubarska, M. Macdonald, M. Meier, M. Nakos, M. Neumann, M. Plum, M. Ravn, M. Rongen, M. Santander, M. Scarnera, M. Schaufel, M. Seikh, M. Shin, M. Stamatikos, M. Thiesmeyer, M. U. Nisa, M. Velazquez, M. Venugopal, M. Vereecken, M. Weyrauch, N. Chau, N. Feigl, N. Heyer, N. Kamp, N. Krieger, N. Kurahashi, N. M. Amin, N. Park, N. Rad, N. Schmeisser, N. Shimizu, N. Valtonen-Mattila, N. van Eijndhoven, N. Whitehorn, O. Botner, O. Janik, P. A. Evenson, P. A. Sevle Myhr, P. Behrens, P. Desiati, P. Eller, P. F{\\\"u}rst, P. Gutjahr, P. Hatch, P. Koundal, P. Sampathkumar, P. Soldin, P. Zhelnin, P. Zilberman, Q. R. Liu, R. Babu, R. Bay, R. Engel, R. Hewett, R. Hmaid, R. Koirala, R. Maruyama, R. Neshat, R. Orsoe, R. Procter-Murphy, R. Shah, R. Snihur, R. T. Burley, R. W. Moore, S. Ali, S. Athanasiadou, S. Benkel, S. BenZvi, S. Blot, S. B{\\\"o}ser, S. Chattopadhyay, S. Choi, S. Deng, S. DiKerby, S. Eulig, S. Fukami, S. Goswami, S. Griffin, S. Griswold, S. Hickford, S. Hori, S. Jain, S. J. Gray, S. K. Agarwalla, S. Koch, S. Mancina, S. Marka, S. Mondal, S. N. Axani, S. Pick, S. Rodan, S. Sarkar, S. Schindler, S. Schwirn, S. Sclafani, S. Seunarine, S. Shah, S. Shefali, S. Ter-Antonyan, S. Tilav, S. Toscano, S. Vergara Carrasco, S. Verpoest, S. W. Barwick, S. Yoshida, S. Yu, S. Yun-C{\\'a}rcamo, S. Zhang, T. C. Petersen, T. Delmeulle, T. DeYoung, T. Ding, T. Ehrhardt, T. Gl{\\\"u}senkamp, The IceCube Collaboration: R. Abbasi, T. Huber, T. Karg, T. Kim, T. Kontrimas, T. Kozynets, T. Krishnan, T. Montaruli, T. Mukherjee, T. Pernice, T. Ruhe, T. Schmidt, T. Stanev, T. Stezelberger, T. St{\\\"u}rwald, T. Stuttard, T. Van Eeden, T. Yuan, U. Naumann, V. Basu, V. O'Dell, V. Palusova, V. Parrish, V. Poojyam, W. Esmail, W. G. Thompson, W. Hou, W. Iwakiri, W. Kang, W. Luszczak, W. Rhode, W. Tian, X. Bai, X. W. Xu, Y. C. Chen, Y. Kobayashi, Y. Lyu, Y. Makino, Y. Merckx, Y. Morii, Y. T. Liu, Y. Yao, Z. Brisson-Tsavoussis, Z. Chen, Z. Marka, Z. Rechav, Z. Zhang","submitted_at":"2026-08-06T19:48:35Z","abstract_excerpt":"The IceCube Upgrade is a densely instrumented central region of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, deployed during the 2025-26 polar season. It will reduce the detector's energy threshold and improve overall reconstruction capabilities for multi-GeV atmospheric neutrinos, which in turn enhance their sensitivity to Earth matter effects as they traverse through the deep Earth. In this study, we describe the potential of the IceCube Upgrade to observe Earth matter effects on atmospheric neutrinos and estimate the detector's sensitivity to probe key features of the Preliminary Reference Earth Model"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2608.06543","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2608.06543/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}