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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole detects neutrinos of astrophysical origin via their interactions with ice. The main array is optimized for the detection of neutrinos with energies above 1 TeV. A much smaller infill array,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-13 Aswathi Balagopal V. , Sam Hori , Justin Vandenbroucke

The first detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube provides new opportunities for tests of neutrino properties. The long baseline through the Cosmic Neutrino Background (C$\nu$B) is particularly useful for directly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-04 Kenny C. Y. Ng , John F. Beacom

The core mission of the IceCube Neutrino observatory is to study the origin and propagation of cosmic rays. IceCube, with its surface component IceTop, observes multiple signatures to accomplish this mission. Most important are the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-23 IceCube Collaboration , M. G. Aartsen , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , I. Al Samarai , D. Altmann , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , I. Ansseau , G. Anton , M. Archinger , C. Argüelles , J. Auffenberg , S. Axani , X. Bai , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , K. -H. Becker , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , A. Bernhard , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , C. Bohm , M. Börner , F. Bos , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Braun , L. Brayeur , H. -P. Bretz , S. Bron , A. Burgman , T. Carver , M. Casier , E. Cheung , D. Chirkin , A. Christov , K. Clark , L. Classen , S. Coenders , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , M. Day , J. P. A. M. de André , C. De Clercq , E. del Pino Rosendo , H. Dembinski , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , V. di Lorenzo , H. Dujmovic , J. P. Dumm , M. Dunkman , B. Eberhardt , T. Ehrhardt , B. Eichmann , P. Eller , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , A. R. Fazely , J. Feintzeig , J. Felde , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , S. Flis , C. -C. Fösig , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , T. Fuchs , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , L. Gerhardt , K. Ghorbani , W. Giang , L. Gladstone , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Grant , Z. Griffith , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , E. Hansen , T. Hansmann , K. Hanson , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , K. Hultqvist , S. In , A. Ishihara , E. Jacobi , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , K. Jero , B. J. P. Jones , W. Kang , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , A. Keivani , J. L. Kelley , A. Kheirandish , J. Kim , M. Kim , T. Kintscher , J. Kiryluk , T. Kittler , S. R. Klein , G. Kohnen , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , R. Konietz , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , K. Krings , M. Kroll , G. Krückl , C. Krüger , J. Kunnen , S. Kunwar , N. Kurahashi , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , D. Lennarz , M. Lesiak-Bzdak , M. Leuermann , L. Lu , J. Lünemann , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , K. B. M. Mahn , S. Mancina , M. Mandelartz , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , R. Maunu , F. McNally , K. Meagher , M. Medici , M. Meier , T. Menne , G. Merino , T. Meures , S. Miarecki , T. Montaruli , M. Moulai , R. Nahnhauer , U. Naumann , G. Neer , H. Niederhausen , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , A. Olivas , A. O'Murchadha , T. Palczewski , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , P. Peiffer , Ö. Penek , J. A. Pepper , C. Pérez de los Heros , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , M. Quinnan , C. Raab , L. Rädel , M. Rameez , K. Rawlins , R. Reimann , B. Relethford , M. Relich , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Richman , B. Riedel , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk , L. Sabbatini , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , P. Schlunder , T. Schmidt , S. Schoenen , S. Schöneberg , L. Schumacher , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , D. Soldin , M. Song , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , T. Stanev , A. Stasik , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , R. Ström , N. L. Strotjohann , G. W. Sullivan , M. Sutherland , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , J. Tatar , F. Tenholt , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , G. Tešić , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , M. N. Tobin , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , M. Tselengidou , C. F. Tung , A. Turcati , E. Unger , M. Usner , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , S. Vanheule , M. van Rossem , J. van Santen , M. Vehring , M. Voge , E. Vogel , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , A. Wallace , M. Wallraff , N. Wandkowsky , A. Waza , Ch. Weaver , M. J. Weiss , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , B. J. Whelan , S. Wickmann , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , L. Wille , D. R. Williams , L. Wills , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , E. Woolsey , K. Woschnagg , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , Y. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , M. Zoll

Neutrino production and oscillation physics can be studied by utilizing the very high flux of atmospheric neutrinos observed with IceCube. In a Cherenkov medium such as ice, atmospheric muon neutrino interactions create tracks while…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Chang Hyon Ha

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory instruments roughly one cubic kilometer of deep, glacial ice below the geographic South Pole with 5160 optical sensors to register the Cherenkov light of passing relativistic, charged particles. Since its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-26 Martin Rongen

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a 1 $km^{3}$ detector currently under construction at the South Pole. Searching for high energy neutrinos from unresolved astrophysical sources is one of the main analysis strategies used in the search…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-06-04 Sean Grullon

IceCube, a cubic kilometer neutrino telescope will be capable of probing neutrino-nucleon interactions in the ultrahigh energy regime, far beyond the energies reached by colliders. In this article we introduce a new observable that combines…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Matias M. Reynoso , Oscar A. Sampayo

While the low-energy excess observed at MiniBooNE remains unchallenged, it has become increasingly difficult to reconcile it with the results from other sterile neutrino searches and cosmology. Recently, it has been shown that non-minimal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-02 Pilar Coloma

The IceCube Upgrade is an extension of the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory and will be deployed in the 2025-2026 austral summer. It will significantly improve the sensitivity of the detector to atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-17 IceCube Collaboration

Current generation neutrino telescopes cover an energy range from about 10 GeV to beyond $10^9$ GeV. IceCube sets the scale for future experiments to make improvements. Strategies for future upgrades will be discussed in three energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Albrecht Karle

The atmospheric neutrino data collected by the IceCube experiment and its low-energy extension DeepCore provide a unique opportunity to probe the neutrino sector of the Standard Model. In the low energy range the experiment have observed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-08-14 Arman Esmaili , Francis Halzen , O. L. G. Peres

Neutrino astronomy beyond the Sun was first imagined in the late 1950s; by the 1970s, it was realized that kilometer-scale neutrino detectors were required. The first such instrument, IceCube, is near completion and taking data. The IceCube…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-11-15 Francis Halzen , Spencer R. Klein

The recent detection of TeV neutrino sources by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory demonstrates the detector's advanced capabilities in detecting high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. At lower energies, down to the GeV range, a variety of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-23 Yukiho Kobayashi

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer-scale high-energy neutrino detector built into the ice at the South Pole. Construction of IceCube, the largest neutrino detector built to date, was completed in 2011 and enabled the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-08 IceCube Collaboration , M. G. Aartsen , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , D. Altmann , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , I. Ansseau , G. Anton , M. Archinger , C. Argüelles , R. Auer , J. Auffenberg , S. Axani , J. Baccus , X. Bai , S. Barnet , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , K. Beattie , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , K. -H. Becker , T. Bendfelt , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , A. Bernhard , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , D. Boersma , C. Bohm , M. Börner , F. Bos , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , A. Bouchta , J. Braun , L. Brayeur , H. -P. Bretz , S. Bron , A. Burgman , C. Burreson , T. Carver , M. Casier , E. Cheung , D. Chirkin , A. Christov , K. Clark , L. Classen , S. Coenders , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , C. Day , M. Day , J. P. A. M. de André , C. De Clercq , E. del Pino Rosendo , H. Dembinski , S. De Ridder , F. Descamps , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , V. di Lorenzo , H. Dujmovic , J. P. Dumm , M. Dunkman , B. Eberhardt , W. R. Edwards , T. Ehrhardt , B. Eichmann , P. Eller , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , A. R. Fazely , J. Feintzeig , J. Felde , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , S. Flis , C. -C. Fösig , A. Franckowiak , M. Frère , E. Friedman , T. Fuchs , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , L. Gerhardt , K. Ghorbani , W. Giang , L. Gladstone , T. Glauch , D. Glowacki , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Grant , Z. Griffith , L. Gustafsson , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , E. Hansen , T. Hansmann , K. Hanson , J. Haugen , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , R. Heller , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , P. O. Hulth , K. Hultqvist , S. In , M. Inaba , A. Ishihara , E. Jacobi , J. Jacobsen , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , K. Jero , A. Jones , B. J. P. Jones , J. Joseph , W. Kang , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , A. Keivani , J. L. Kelley , J. Kemp , A. Kheirandish , J. Kim , M. Kim , T. Kintscher , J. Kiryluk , N. Kitamura , T. Kittler , S. R. Klein , S. Kleinfelder , M. Kleist , G. Kohnen , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , R. Konietz , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , M. Krasberg , K. Krings , M. Kroll , G. Krückl , C. Krüger , J. Kunnen , S. Kunwar , N. Kurahashi , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , K. Laihem , H. Landsman , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , A. Laundrie , D. Lennarz , H. Leich , M. Lesiak-Bzdak , M. Leuermann , L. Lu , J. Ludwig , J. Lünemann , C. Mackenzie , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , K. B. M. Mahn , S. Mancina , M. Mandelartz , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. Matis , R. Maunu , F. McNally , C. P. McParland , P. Meade , K. Meagher , M. Medici , M. Meier , A. Meli , T. Menne , G. Merino , T. Meures , S. Miarecki , R. H. Minor , T. Montaruli , M. Moulai , T. Murray , R. Nahnhauer , U. Naumann , G. Neer , M. Newcomb , H. Niederhausen , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , A. Olivas , A. O'Murchadha , T. Palczewski , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , S. Patton , P. Peiffer , Ö. Penek , J. A. Pepper , C. Pérez de los Heros , C. Pettersen , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , M. Quinnan , C. Raab , L. Rädel , M. Rameez , K. Rawlins , R. Reimann , B. Relethford , M. Relich , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Richman , B. Riedel , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Roucelle , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk , L. Sabbatini , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , P. Sandstrom , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , P. Schlunder , T. Schmidt , S. Schoenen , S. Schöneberg , A. Schukraft , L. Schumacher , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , M. Solarz , D. Soldin , M. Song , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , T. Stanev , A. Stasik , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , R. Ström , N. L. Strotjohann , K. -H. Sulanke , G. W. Sullivan , M. Sutherland , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , J. Tatar , F. Tenholt , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , G. Tešić , L. Thollander , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , M. N. Tobin , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , M. Tselengidou , A. Turcati , E. Unger , M. Usner , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , S. Vanheule , M. van Rossem , J. van Santen , M. Vehring , M. Voge , E. Vogel , M. Vraeghe , D. Wahl , C. Walck , A. Wallace , M. Wallraff , N. Wandkowsky , Ch. Weaver , M. J. Weiss , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , D. Wharton , B. J. Whelan , S. Wickmann , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , L. Wille , D. R. Williams , L. Wills , P. Wisniewski , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , E. Woolsey , K. Woschnagg , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , Y. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , M. Zoll

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which instruments 1$\,$km$^3$ of clear ice at the geographic South Pole, was mainly designed to detect particles with energies in the multi-GeV to PeV range. Due to ice temperatures between $-20^\circ$C to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Robert Cross , Alexander Fritz , Spencer Griswold

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory opened the window on neutrino astronomy by discovering high-energy astrophysical neutrinos in 2013 and identifying the first compelling astrophysical neutrino source, the blazar TXS0506+056, in 2017. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 Brian Clark

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects neutrinos at energies orders of magnitude higher than those available to current accelerators. Above 40 TeV, neutrinos traveling through the Earth will be absorbed as they interact via charged…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 S. Robertson

The observed dark matter abundance in the Universe can be explained with non-thermal, heavy dark matter models. In order for dark matter to still be present today, its lifetime has to far exceed the age of the Universe. In these scenarios,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-27 Minjin Jeong

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located under 1.4 km of Antarctic ice, instruments a cubic kilometer of ice with 5,160 optical modules that detect Cherenkov radiation originating from neutrino interactions. The more densely instrumented…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-27 Jessie Micallef

IceCube is a Cherenkov detector instrumenting over a cubic kilometer of glacial ice deep under the surface of the South Pole. The DeepCore sub-detector lowers the detection energy threshold to a few GeV, enabling the precise measurements of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-02 IceCube Collaboration