Estimating progenitor mass and distance to Galactic Core-Collapse Supernova using neutrino observatory IceCube

Sammanfattning: Galactic core-collapse supernovae is a once-in-a-lifetime event which could carry with it information about new physics. In this work a method for estimating the progenitor mass and distance using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is presented. The mass is expressed through an intermediate parameter called compactness. For a supernova with a progenitor mass less than 10 solar masses all stars with a mass over 15 solar masses in the galaxy can be excluded using the method developed in this work. At 10 kpc the distance to the supernova can be estimated to within 8.5% taken into account the strength of the neutrino signal and the uncertainty in the method used. This shows promising results of estimating parameters such as distance andmass using neutrinos.