IceCube
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2019-08-13 v1
Abstract
IceCube is a 1 km^3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the South Pole. The detector will consist of 5160 optical sensors deployed at depths between 1450 m and 2450 m in clear Antarctic ice distributed over 86 strings. An air shower array covering a surface area of 1 km2 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: electron-, muon-, and tau-neutrinos. With 59 strings in operation in 2009, construction is 67% complete. Based on data taken to date, the observatory meets its design goals. Selected results will be presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1003.5715,
title = {IceCube},
author = {A. Karle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5715},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
8 pages, 14 figures, Proceedings of the 31st ICRC, Lodz, Poland, July 2009