Results from AMANDA

• Published in: Modern Physics Letters A
• Main Authors: Wiebusch, C, Ahrens, J, Bai, X, Barwick, S W, Becka, T, Becker, K H, Bertrand, D, Bernadini, E, Binon, Freddy G, Biron, A, Boser, S, Botner, O, Bouchta, A, Bouhali, O, Burgess, T, Carius, S, Castermans, T, Chen, A, Chirkin, D, Conrad, J, Cooley, J, Cowen, D F, Davour, A, De Clercq, C, De Young, T R, Desiati, P, Dewulf, J P, Doksus, P, Ekstrom, P, Feser, T, Gaisser, T K, Gaug, M, Gerhardt, L, Goldschmidt, A, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Hanson, K, Hardtke, R, Hauschildt, T, Hellwig, M, Herquet, P, Hill, G C, Hulth, P O, Hundertmark, S, Jacobsen, J, Karle, A, Koci, B, Köpke, L, Kowalski, M, Kühn, K, Lamoureux, J I, Leich, H, Leuthold, M J, Lindahl, P, Liubarsky, I, Madsen, J, Marciniewski, P, Matis, H S, McParland, C P, Minaeva, Y, Minocinovic, P, Mock, P C, Morse, R, Nahnhauer, R, Neunhoffer, T, Niessen, P, Nygren, D R, Ögelman, H B, Olbrechts, P, Pérez de los Heros, C, Pohl, A C, Price, P B, Przybylski, G T, Rawlins, K, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Richter, S, Rodríguez-Martino, J, Ross, D, Sander, H G, Schmidt, T, Schneider, D, Schwarz, R, Silvestri, A, Solarz, M, Spiczak, G M, Spiering, C, Steele, D, Steffen, P, Stokstad, R G, Sudhoff, P, Sulanke, K H, Taboada, I, Thollander, L, Tilav, S, Walck, C, Weinheimer, C, Wiedemann, C, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Woschnagg, K, Yodh, G B, Young, S
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Detectors and Experimental Techniques; Antarc*; Antarctic; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732302008575; http://cds.cern.ch/record/617012

The Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) is a high- energy neutrino telescope operating at the geographic South Pole. It is a lattice of photomultiplier tubes buried deep in the polar ice. The primary goal of this detector is to discover astrophysical sources of high energy neutrinos. We describe the detector methods of operation and present results from the AMANDA-B10 prototype. We demonstrate the improved sensitivity of the current AMANDA-II detector. We conclude with an outlook to the envisioned sensitivity of the future IceCube detector. (37 refs).