IceCube: A Cubic Kilometer Radiation Detector

IceCube is a 1 km{sup 3} neutrino detector now being built at the Amudsen-Scott South Pole Station. It consists of 4800 Digital Optical Modules (DOMs) which detect Cherenkov radiation from the charged particles produced in neutrino interactions. IceCube will observe astrophysical neutrinos with ener...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Collaboration, IceCube, Klein, Spencer R, Klein, S.R.
Other Authors: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nuclear Science Division.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2008
Subjects:
Radiation Detectors
Charged Particles
Cherenkov Radiation
Neutrinos
Construction
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South Pole
South pole
Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc897543/
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Summary:IceCube is a 1 km{sup 3} neutrino detector now being built at the Amudsen-Scott South Pole Station. It consists of 4800 Digital Optical Modules (DOMs) which detect Cherenkov radiation from the charged particles produced in neutrino interactions. IceCube will observe astrophysical neutrinos with energies above about 100 GeV. IceCube will be able to separate {nu}{sub {mu}}, {nu}{sub t}, and {nu}{sub {tau}} interactions because of their different topologies. IceCube construction is currently 50% complete.

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