  IceCube-Gen2, the next generation of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the
South Pole, will consist of three co-located arrays: a deep Optical Array and a
more shallow and larger Radio Array for neutrino detection in the ice, and a
Surface Array above the footprint of the Optical Array. The Surface Array will
be comprised of hybrid stations featuring elevated radio antennas and
scintillation detectors, following the design of a prototype station
successfully operating at the South Pole since 2020. Besides providing a veto
for neutrino detection, the Surface Array will make IceCube-Gen2 a unique
laboratory for cosmic-ray air showers. Compared to the current IceCube detector
with its IceTop surface array, the aperture for coincident air-shower
measurements detected by both, the deep optical and surface arrays, will
increase by about a factor of 30. In addition to particle physics questions,
such as the production of PeV muons and neutrinos in prompt decays, these
surface-deep coincidences will be used to target astrophysical questions of the
most energetic Galactic cosmic rays. The combination of particle and radio
measurements at the surface and high-energy muons measured in the ice promises
unprecedented accuracy for the mass composition in the energy range of the
presumed Galactic-to-extragalactic transition - complementing the
multimessenger science case of IceCube-Gen2. This proceeding provides an
overview of the IceCube-Gen2 Surface Array and, in particular, its radio
component.
