The IceCube Neutrino Observatory: instrumentation and online systems
© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer-scale high-energy neutrino detector built into the ice at the South Pole. Construction of IceCube, the largest neutrino detector built to date, was completed in 2011 and enabled the discovery of h...
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ftmit:oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/133916 2023-06-11T04:16:46+02:00 The IceCube Neutrino Observatory: instrumentation and online systems The IceCube Collaboration Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics 2019-03-15T13:49:37Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133916 unknown IOP Publishing http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03012 Journal of Instrumentation 1748-0221 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133916 Aartsen, M. G., et al. "The Icecube Neutrino Observatory: Instrumentation and Online Systems." Journal of Instrumentation 12 3 (2017). Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ arXiv Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2019 ftmit https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03012 2023-05-29T07:29:48Z © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer-scale high-energy neutrino detector built into the ice at the South Pole. Construction of IceCube, the largest neutrino detector built to date, was completed in 2011 and enabled the discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. We describe here the design, production, and calibration of the IceCube digital optical module (DOM), the cable systems, computing hardware, and our methodology for drilling and deployment. We also describe the online triggering and data filtering systems that select candidate neutrino and cosmic ray events for analysis. Due to a rigorous pre-deployment protocol, 98.4% of the DOMs in the deep ice are operating and collecting data. IceCube routinely achieves a detector uptime of 99% by emphasizing software stability and monitoring. Detector operations have been stable since construction was completed, and the detector is expected to operate at least until the end of the next decade. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) South Pole Journal of Instrumentation 12 03 P03012 P03012 |
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© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer-scale high-energy neutrino detector built into the ice at the South Pole. Construction of IceCube, the largest neutrino detector built to date, was completed in 2011 and enabled the discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. We describe here the design, production, and calibration of the IceCube digital optical module (DOM), the cable systems, computing hardware, and our methodology for drilling and deployment. We also describe the online triggering and data filtering systems that select candidate neutrino and cosmic ray events for analysis. Due to a rigorous pre-deployment protocol, 98.4% of the DOMs in the deep ice are operating and collecting data. IceCube routinely achieves a detector uptime of 99% by emphasizing software stability and monitoring. Detector operations have been stable since construction was completed, and the detector is expected to operate at least until the end of the next decade. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03012 Journal of Instrumentation 1748-0221 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133916 Aartsen, M. G., et al. "The Icecube Neutrino Observatory: Instrumentation and Online Systems." Journal of Instrumentation 12 3 (2017). |
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