Recent Results of Point Source Searches with the IceCube Neutrino Telescope Erik Strahler

Abstract. IceCube is a km 3 scale neutrino detector being constructed deep in the Antarctic ice. When complete, IceCube will consist of 4800 optical modules deployed on 80 strings between 1450 and 2450 m of depth. During the 2007-2008 data taking season, 22 strings were operational. This configurati...

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Main Author: For The Icecube Collaboration
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.250.6026
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.4705v1.pdf
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Summary:Abstract. IceCube is a km 3 scale neutrino detector being constructed deep in the Antarctic ice. When complete, IceCube will consist of 4800 optical modules deployed on 80 strings between 1450 and 2450 m of depth. During the 2007-2008 data taking season, 22 strings were operational. This configuration is already much larger than previous neutrino telescopes and provides better sensitivity to point sources of high energy (>1 TeV) neutrino emission. Such astrophysical objects are leading candidates for the acceleration of cosmic rays. We describe the IceCube detector and present the methods and results of several recent searches for steady (e.g. AGN) and transient (GRB) point sources. 1.

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