Exploring the high-energy neutrino universe from the south pole - Results from amanda and status of icecube

• Main Authors: Woschnagg K., Ackermann M., Ahrens J., Atlee D. W., Bai X., Bay R., Bartelt M., Barwick S. W., Becka T., Becker K. -H., Becker J. K., Bernardini E., Bertrand D., Boersma D. J., Boser S., Botner O., Bouchta A., Bouhali O., Braun J., Burgess C., Burgess T., Castermans T., Chirkin D., Coarasa J. A., Collin B., Conrad J., Cooley J., Cowen D. F., Davour A., De Clercq C., Deyoung T., Desiati P., Ekstrom P., Feser T., Gaisser T. K., Ganugapati R., Geenen H., Goldschmidt A., Gross A., Hallgren A., Halzen F., Hanson K., Hardtke D., Hardtke R., Harenberg T., Hauschildt T., Helbing K., Hellwig M., Herquet P., Hill G. C., Hodges J., Hubert D., Hughey B., Hulth P. O., Hultqvist K., Hundertmark S., Jacobsen J., Kampert K. -H., Karle A., Kelley J., Kestel M., Kopke L., Kowalski M., Krasberg M., Kuehn K., Lang R., Leich H., Leuthold M., Lundberg J., Madsen J., Mandli K., Marciniewski P., Matis H. S., McParland C. P., Messarius T., Minaeva Y., Miocinovic P., Morse R., Munich K., Nahnhauer R., Nam J. W., Neunhoffer T., Niessen P., Nygren D. R., Olbrechts Ph., Perez De Los Heros C., Pieloth D., Pohl A. C., Porrata R., Price P. B., Przybylski G. T., Rawlins K., Resconi E., Rhode W., Ribordy M., Richter S., Sander H. -G., Schinarakis K., Schlenstedt S., Schneider D., Schwarz R., Seo S. H., Silvestri A., Solarz M., Spiczak G. M., Spiering C., Stamatikos M., Steele D., Steffen P., Stokstad R. G., Sulanke K. -H., Taboada I., Tarasova O., Thollander L., Tilav S., Vandenbroucke J., Voicu L. C., Voigt B., Wagner W., Walck C., Walter M., Wang Y. R., Wiebusch C. H., Wischnewski R., Wissing H., Yodh G.
• Other Authors: Woschnagg, K., Ackermann, M., Ahrens, J., Atlee, D. W., Bai, X., Bay, R., Bartelt, M., Barwick, S. W., Becka, T., Becker, K. -H., Becker, J. K., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Boersma, D. J., Boser, S., Botner, O., Bouchta, A., Bouhali, O., Braun, J., Burgess, C., Burgess, T., Castermans, T., Chirkin, D., Coarasa, J. A., Collin, B., Conrad, J., Cooley, J., Cowen, D. F., Davour, A., De Clercq, C., Deyoung, T., Desiati, P., Ekstrom, P., Feser, T., Gaisser, T. K., Ganugapati, R., Geenen, H., Goldschmidt, A., Gross, A., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Hanson, K., Hardtke, D., Hardtke, R., Harenberg, T., Hauschildt, T., Helbing, K., Hellwig, M., Herquet, P., Hill, G. C.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Pole; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3361718

The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) is a neutrino telescope embedded deep in the 2.8 km-thick polar icecap at the South Pole. AMANDA aims to detect high-energy cosmic neutrinos from sources where the highest-energy cosmic rays are produced and accelerated. We present recent results from AMANDA on searches for high-energy neutrinos of extraterrestrial origin. We have searched for a diffuse flux of neutrinos, neutrino point sources, and neutrinos from GRBs and from WIMP annihilations in the Sun or the center of the Earth. We also present a preliminary result on the first energy spectrum above a few TeV for atmospheric neutrinos. The status of IceCube, the km3-sized successor to AMANDA, is reviewed after its first successful construction season.