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An update on recent discoveries by the IceCube project, which transforms approximately one cubic kilometer of natural Antarctic ice into a Cherenkov detector. This paper will be submitted to SLAC for inclusion in the Snowmass2013…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Francis Halzen

A search for cosmic neutrino point-like sources using the ANTARES and IceCube neutrino telescopes over the Southern Hemisphere is presented. The ANTARES data was collected between January 2007 and December 2012, whereas the IceCube data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-17 ANTARES Collaboration , IceCube Collaboration

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the geographic South Pole, is the world's largest neutrino telescope, instrumenting 1 km$^3$ of Antarctic ice with 5160 photosensors to detect Cherenkov light. For the IceCube Upgrade, to be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 Jannes Brostean-Kaiser

The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) is a high-energy neutrino telescope operating at the geographic South Pole. It is a lattice of photo-multiplier tubes buried deep in the polar ice between 1500m and 2000m. The primary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-16 The AMANDA Collaboration , J. Ahrens

We show new results from both the older and newer incarnations of AMANDA (AMANDA-B10 and AMANDA-II, respectively). These results demonstrate that AMANDA is a functioning, multipurpose detector with significant physics and astrophysics…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. F. Cowen

The IceCube experiment at South Pole consists of two detector components - the IceTop air shower array on the surface and the neutrino telescope at depths from 1450 m to 2450 m below. Currently, 26 IceTop stations and 22 InIce strings are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Tilo Waldenmaier

The ANTARES project aims at the construction of an underwater neutrino telescope at the scale of 0.1 km^2 2400 m deep in the Mediterranean Sea. After a 4-year R&D program, the ANTARES project has entered the construction phase which will be…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 T. Montaruli , for ANTARES Collaboration

A number of experimental techniques are currently being deployed in an effort to make the first detection of ultra-high energy cosmic neutrinos. To accomplish this goal, techniques using radio and acoustic detectors are being developed,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Francis Halzen , Dan Hooper

The South Pole is an optimal location for hosting astrophysical observatories. The status of the construction of the IceCube Observatory and some selected physics results will be discussed. Moreover prospects for detection of Ultra-High…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-21 Teresa Montaruli

Neutrino astronomy has entered an exciting time with the completion of the first km3-scale neutrino telescope at the South Pole (IceCube) and the successful operation of the first under-sea neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean (Antares).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-09-18 V. Van Elewyck

IceCube-Gen2 is an expansion of the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole that aims to increase the sensitivity to high-energy neutrinos by an order of magnitude. To this end, about 10,000 new optical modules will be installed,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-22 Yuya Makino

IceCube-Gen2 is a planned extension to the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory and will provide an order of magnitude increase in the detection rate of cosmic neutrinos by deploying ~10,000 sensors in a volume of ~8 cubic kilometers. As…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-08 Sean Griffin

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a Cherenkov detector located at the South Pole. Its main component consists of an in-ice array of optical modules instrumenting one cubic kilometer of deep Glacial ice. The DeepCore sub-detector is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-29 Shiqi Yu

The IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory is a Cherenkov detector instrumented in a cubic kilometer of ice at the South Pole. IceCube's primary scientific goal is the detection of TeV neutrino emissions from astrophysical sources. At the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-01 Shiqi Yu , Jessie Micallef

The IceCube Upgrade is the first step towards the next-generation neutrino observatory at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2, and will be installed in the central region of the existing array. The Upgrade will consist of 693 newly developed,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 T. Anderson , L. Classen , A. T. Fienberg , S. Mechbal , J. Schneider , K. -H. Sulanke , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , C. Wendt

We have simulated the response of a high energy neutrino telescope in deep Antarctic ice to the stream of low energy neutrinos produced by a supernova. The passage of a large flux of MeV-energy neutrinos during a period of seconds will be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 F. Halzen , J. E. Jacobsen , E. Zas

Neutrino oscillations have been probed during the last few decades using multiple neutrino sources and experimental set-ups. In the recent years, very large volume neutrino telescopes have started contributing to the field. First ANTARES…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-01-22 J. P. Yañez , A. Kouchner

RICE is designed to detect ultrahigh energy (>100 TeV) neutrinos from astrophysical sources. It will consist of an array of compact radio (100 to 1000 MHz) receivers buried in ice at the South Pole. During the 1995-96 and 1996-97 austral…

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a multi-messenger observatory at the South Pole. As preparation for an enhancement of its surface array, IceTop, a prototype station consisting of elevated scintillation panels and radio antennas has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-11 Paras Koundal , Valeria Torres-Gomez

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory will be upgraded with more than 700 additional optical sensor modules and new calibration devices. Improved calibration will enhance IceCube's physics capabilities both at low and high neutrino energies. An…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 Jürgen Borowka , Christoph Günther , Dirk Heinen , Simon Zierke