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In May 2011, the IceCube neutrino observatory with one cubic kilometer instrumented volume started full operation with 5160 sensors on 86 strings and 324 sensors on 162 IceTop detectors. The fine-tuning of operation and calibration of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Karle

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole detects Cherenkov light emitted by charged secondary particles created by primary neutrino interactions. Double pulse waveforms can arise from charged current interactions of astrophysical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 Wei Tian , Fuyudi Zhang , Donglian Xu

In this work we discuss ongoing development of a hybrid fiber/copper data and timing infrastructure for the future IceCube-Gen2 detector. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a kilometer-scale detector operating with 86 strings of modules.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 Robert Halliday , Tyce DeYoung , Chris Ng , Darren Grant , Brian Ferguson , Dean Shooltz

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov detector embedded in the Antarctic ice at the South Pole. Its densely instrumented sub-array and dedicated low-energy analyses provide sensitivity to neutrinos in the 5-100 GeV…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-25 Steven Young Eulig

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

With construction halfway complete, IceCube is already the most sensitive neutrino telescope ever built. A rearrangement of the final holes of IceCube with increased spacing has been discussed recently to optimize the high energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 D. Besson , R. Nahnhauer , P. B. Price , D. Tosi , J. Vandenbroucke , B. Voigt

Dark matter is one of the main goals of neutrino astronomy. At present, there are two big neutrino telescopes based on the Cherenkov technique in ice and water: IceCube at the South Pole and ANTARES in the northern hemisphere. Both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-10 Paolo Fermani

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 IceCube neutrino observatory has been successfully operating in its full configuration for almost 15 years and is characterized by a remarkably high stability and uptime. During this time, it has made many groundbreaking observations,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-21 Alexander Kappes

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has opened a new window into the high-energy Universe, providing measurements of neutrinos over a broad energy range. This contribution presents recent results, including a follow-up on the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Thijs Juan van Eeden

Since the end of the eighties and in response to a reported increase in the total neutrino flux in the Homestake experiment in coincidence with a solar flare, solar neutrino detectors have searched for solar flare signals. Neutrinos from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-07 G. de Wasseige , P. Evenson , K. Hanson , N. van Eijndhoven , K. -L. Klein

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole is, with its surface and in-ice detectors, used for both neutrino and cosmic-ray physics. The surface array, named IceTop, consists of ice-Cherenkov tanks grouped in 81 pairs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-31 Roxanne Turcotte , Stef Verpoest , Megha Venugopal

We present a conceptual design of a high-performance camera system with applications to neutrino detectors, deep sea exploration, and glaciology. The design combines ultra-sensitive cameras with a number of well-calibrated light sources…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-08 Carsten Rott , Segev BenZvi , Mike DuVernois , Kenneth Golden , Benjamin Jones , Christoph Toennis

An upgrade of the present IceCube surface array (IceTop) with scintillation detectors and possibly radio antennas is foreseen. The enhanced array will calibrate the impact of snow accumulation on the reconstruction of cosmic-ray showers…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Andreas Haungs

Analysis of cosmic ray surface data collected with the IceTop array of Cherenkov detectors at the South Pole provides an accurate measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum and its features in the "knee" region up to energies of about 1 EeV.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Alessio Tamburro

The surface array of IceCube, IceTop, operates primarily as a cosmic-ray detector, as well as a veto for astrophysical neutrino searches for the IceCube in-ice instrumentation. However, the snow accumulation on top of the IceTop detectors…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-29 S. Shefali , Frank G. Schroeder

IceCube is an all-flavor, cubic kilometer neutrino telescope currently under construction in the deep glacial ice at the South Pole. Its embedded optical sensors detect Cherenkov light from charged particles produced in neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-10-15 Michelangelo D'Agostino

Realtime analyses are necessary to identify the source of high energy neutrinos. As an observatory with a 4$\pi$ steradian field of view and near-100% duty cycle, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a unique facility for investigating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-21 Alex Pizzuto , Abhishek Desai , Raamis Hussain

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

In 2013 the IceCube collaboration announced the discovery of a cosmic neutrino flux up to PeV energies, validating neutrino astronomy as the next promising observational technique to explore the high-energy Universe. The neutrino community…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-27 S. Toscano , P. Coppin , K. D. de Vries , N. van Eijndhoven , J. A. Aguilar