Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Science and Technology (KSETA)

Mark Weyrauch

Information

Institute: IAP
Room: 135
Email: mark.weyrauch@kit.edu
KSETA fellow since: February 2022

PhD Topic

Title :Reconstruction of the muon content of extensive air showers at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Referee: Prof. Dr. Ralph Engel
Second Referee: Prof. Dr. Torben Ferber
Scientific Advisor: Dr. Andreas Haungs

KSETA courses

Conferences, Workshops and Schools (since 2022)

39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) July 2025 Geneva, Switzerland Poster Muon number reconstruction with IceTop using a two-component lateral distribution function
28th European Cosmic Ray Symposion (ECRS) September 2024 Hvar, Croatia Talk Event-by-event reconstruction of air-shower events with IceCube using a two component lateral distribution function
International School of Cosmic-ray Astrophysics (ISCRA) July 2024 Erice, Italy Poster Event-by-event reconstruction of air-shower events with IceCube using a two component lateral distribution function
11th KSETA Plenary Workshop March 2024 Wildberg, Germany - -
ICRC Satellite workshop August 2023 Chiba, Japan - -
38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) 2023 Nagoya, Japan Poster A Two-Component Lateral Distribution Function for the Reconstruction of Air-Shower Events in IceTop
10th KSETA Plenary Workshop March 2023 Durbach, Germany Poster A Two-Component LDF to Tackle the Muon Puzzle
DPG Spring Meeting 2023 Dresden, Germany Talk A Two Component Lateral Distribution Function for the Reconstruction of Air-Shower Events with IceCube
Deep Learning School "Basic Concepts" August 2022 Meinerzhagen, Germany - -
International School on Astroparticle Physics (ISAPP) March 2022 Orsay, France Student Talk Testing the validity of hadronic interaction models with the IceCube Observatory

Collaboration Meetings

IceCube Spring Collaboration Meeting March 2025 Uppsala, Sweden Talk Muon number reconstruction using the two-component LDF
IceCube Fall Collaboration Meeting September 2024 Madison, USA (online participation) - -
IceCube Spring Collaboration Meeting March 2024 Muenster, Germany - -
IceCube Fall Collaboration Meeting October 2023 Grand Rapids, USA (online participation) - -
IceCube Spring Collaboration Meeting March 2023 Aachen, Germany Talk Update on the Two Component LDF
IceCube Fall Collaboration Meeting September 2022 Madison, USA Talk Reconstructing IceTop Events Using the TwoLDF Model
IceCube Spring Collaboration Meeting May 2022 Brussels, Belgium (online participation) - -

Teachings and Supervision

Tutor Anfängerpraktikum (P2) April 2025 - October 2025 KIT Interferenz
Übungsleiter Gamma-rays and neutrinos April 2024 - July 2024 KIT -
Bachelor's thesis Pit Feltes March 2024 - October 2024 KIT (IAP) Comparison of the second knee in the cosmic-ray spectrum of IceTop and KASCADE-Grande
KSETA Internship Amanaganthi Rohan Ganesh May 2023 - July 2023 KIT (IAP); Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Deep learning methods for the reconstruction of the cosmic-ray composition
Tutor Introduction to Python April 2023 - July 2023 KIT -
Master's thesis Vagdhan Roy February 2023 - February 2024 KIT (IAP), University of Canterbury (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences) Improvements to the estimation of the muon content in cosmic-ray air showers
Tutor Fortgeschrittenenpraktikum (P3) April 2022 - July 2022 KIT Mössbauereffekt and Eigenschaften Kosmischer Myonen
Bachelor's thesis Jonathan Meßner January 2022 - July 2022 KIT (IAP) High-energy atmospheric muons with IceCube-Gen2

Poster Prices

International School of Cosmic-ray Astrophysics (ISCRA) July 2024 Erice, Italy Event-by-event reconstruction of air-shower events with IceCube using a two component lateral distribution function
10th KSETA Plenary Workshop March 2023 Durbach, Germany A Two-Component LDF to Tackle the Muon Puzzle

Publications

Peer-reviewed

Detector developments for a hybrid particle and radio array for cosmic-ray air-shower detection

Proceedings

Muon number reconstruction with IceTop using a two-component lateral distribution function
Event-by-event reconstruction of air-shower events with IceCube using a two component lateral distribution function
A Two-Component Lateral Distribution Function for the Reconstruction of Air-Shower Events in IceTop
Simulation study for the future IceCube-Gen2 surface array

Collaboration

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