Search for High Energy Photons with the IceAct Telescopes at the Icecube Neutrino Observatory*

The IceCube Neutrino Observatrory, located at the South Pole, is a multi-component detector array capable of observing astro-particles on the TeV to EeV scale.  It consists of both a one square kilometer surface array called IceTop and one cubic kilometer deep in-ice component called IceCube.  Since 2019 additionally two Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes, called IceAct, were added to measure the electro-magnetic component of air showers in the atmosphere above the IceCube detector.  

By applying modern machine-learning and statistical methods to reconstruct cosmic-ray air showers passing through both arrays, and the telescopes, high-energetic photons can be distinguished from cosmic ray background.  In this contribution, we want to discuss the reconstruction method and give a preliminary outlook on the sensitivity.