IceCube: A Cubic Kilometer Radiation Detector
Instrumentation and Detectors
2019-08-13 v2 Astrophysics
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
IceCube is a 1 km^3 neutrino detector now being built at the Amundsen-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_\mu, \nu_e and \nu_\tau interactions because of their different topologies. IceCube construction is currently 50% complete.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0807.0034,
title = {IceCube: A Cubic Kilometer Radiation Detector},
author = {Spencer R. Klein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0034},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Revised version, with details added, per referee request. 8 pages, presented at SORMA West 2008 (Symposium on Radiation Measurement and Applications)