Seasonal Variations of the Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Spectrum measured with IceCube

This study presents an energy-dependent analysis of seasonal variations in the atmospheric muon neutrino spectrum, using 11.3 years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. By leveraging a novel spectral unfolding method, we explore the energy range from 125 GeV to 10 TeV for zenith angles between 90{\deg} to 110{\deg}, corresponding to the Antarctic atmosphere. Our findings reveal that the seasonal variation amplitude decreases with energy reaching (

-4.6 \pm 1.1

)% during Austral winter and increases (

+3.9 \pm 1.2

)% during Austral summer relative to the annual average at 10TeV. While the unfolded flux exceeds the model predictions by up to 30%, the differential measurement of seasonal variations remains unaffected. The measured seasonal variations of the muon neutrino spectrum are consistent with theoretical predictions using the MCEq code and the NRLMSISE-00 atmospheric model.

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