IceCube: Construction Status and First Results

IceCube is a 1 km3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the South Pole. The detector will consist of 4800 optical sensors deployed at depths between 1450 m and 2450 m in clear Antarctic ice evenly distributed over 80 strings. An air shower array covering a surface area of 1 km^2 above...

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Main Author: Karle, Albrecht
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Published: arXiv 2008
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0812.3981
https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3981
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spelling ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.0812.3981 2023-05-15T13:40:41+02:00 IceCube: Construction Status and First Results Karle, Albrecht 2008 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0812.3981 https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3981 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.180 arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ Astrophysics astro-ph FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2008 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0812.3981 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.180 2022-04-01T14:54:32Z IceCube is a 1 km3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the South Pole. The detector will consist of 4800 optical sensors deployed at depths between 1450 m and 2450 m in clear Antarctic ice evenly distributed over 80 strings. An air shower array covering a surface area of 1 km^2 above the in-ice detector will measure cosmic ray air showers in the energy range from 300 TeV to above 1 EeV. The detector is designed to detect neutrinos of all flavors. With 40 strings currently in operation, construction is 50% complete. Based on data taken to date, the observatory meets its design goals and currently exceeds the sensitivity of AMANDA and previous neutrino telescopes. The construction outlook and possible future extensions are also discussed. : 8 pages, 10 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino detection Activities (ARENA) 2008 conference Text Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic South Pole
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IceCube: Construction Status and First Results
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description IceCube is a 1 km3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the South Pole. The detector will consist of 4800 optical sensors deployed at depths between 1450 m and 2450 m in clear Antarctic ice evenly distributed over 80 strings. An air shower array covering a surface area of 1 km^2 above the in-ice detector will measure cosmic ray air showers in the energy range from 300 TeV to above 1 EeV. The detector is designed to detect neutrinos of all flavors. With 40 strings currently in operation, construction is 50% complete. Based on data taken to date, the observatory meets its design goals and currently exceeds the sensitivity of AMANDA and previous neutrino telescopes. The construction outlook and possible future extensions are also discussed. : 8 pages, 10 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino detection Activities (ARENA) 2008 conference
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