IceCube: A Kilometer-Scale Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole
Abstract Solving the century-old puzzle of how and where cosmic rays are accelerated mostly drives the design of high-energy neutrino telescopes. It calls, along with a diversity of science goals reaching particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology, for the construction of a kilometer-scale neutrin...
| Published in: | Highlights of Astronomy |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2005
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s153929960001772x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S153929960001772X |
| Summary: | Abstract Solving the century-old puzzle of how and where cosmic rays are accelerated mostly drives the design of high-energy neutrino telescopes. It calls, along with a diversity of science goals reaching particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology, for the construction of a kilometer-scale neutrino detector. This led to the IceCube concept to transform a kilometer cube of transparent Antarctic Ice, one mile below the South Pole, into a neutrino telescope. |
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