IceCube- A New Detector for Neutrino Astronomy and Particle Astrophysics

IceCube, currently under construction at the South Pole, will be a gigaton detector for high-energy neutrinos and muons. Half of the 5000 optical modules that make up IceCube are now installed in the ice and taking data. The main goal is to find high-energy neutrinos from distant astrophysical sourc...

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Main Author: Gaisser, Thomas K.
Language:unknown
Published: 2017
Subjects:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/987353
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/987353
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Summary:IceCube, currently under construction at the South Pole, will be a gigaton detector for high-energy neutrinos and muons. Half of the 5000 optical modules that make up IceCube are now installed in the ice and taking data. The main goal is to find high-energy neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources such as active galactic nuclei and exploding massive stars. I will describe how the detector works, show some current results and discuss status and future plans for the project.

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