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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects GeV-to-PeV+ neutrinos via the Cherenkov light produced by secondary charged particles from neutrino interactions with the South Pole ice. The detector consists of over 5000 spherical Digital Optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Tianlu Yuan

A precise understanding of the optical properties of the instrumented Antarctic ice sheet is crucial to the performance of optical Cherenkov telescopes such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and its planned successor, IceCube-Gen2. One…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-14 Anna Eimer , Martin Rongen

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory deployed 5160 digital optical modules (DOMs) on 86 cables, called strings, in a cubic kilometer of deep glacial ice below the geographic South Pole. These record the Cherenkov light of passing charged…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-11 Matti Janson , Saskia Philippen , Martin Rongen

Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are a central component of neutrino telescopes such as IceCube and KM3NeT, and an accurate understanding and measurement of their properties is indispensable for improvements of these experiments. In this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-31 Berit Schlüter , Willem Achtermann , Martin Antonio Unland Elorrieta

The IceCube neutrino telescope monitors one cubic kilometer of deep Antarctic ice by detecting Cherenkov photons emitted from charged secondaries produced when neutrinos interact in the ice. The geometry of the detector, which comprises a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-04 Lutz Köpke

The Wavelength-shifting Optical Module (WOM) is a novel optical sensor that uses wavelength shifting and light guiding to substantially enhance the photosensitive area of UV optical modules. It has been designed for the IceCube Upgrade, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-22 John Rack-Helleis , Anna Pollmann , Martin Rongen

IceAct is an array of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes located at the ice surface above the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Each telescope features a silicon photomultiplier based 61 pixel camera and a Fresnel-lens as imaging optic, resulting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-15 Arun Vaidyanathan , Lars Heuermann

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

The optical sensors of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are attached on vertical strings of cables. They were frozen into the ice in the deployment holes made by hot water drill. This hole ice, to the best of our knowledge, consists of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-23 Dmitry Chirkin

IceCube is a 1 km3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the South Pole. The detector will consist of 4800 optical sensors deployed at depths between 1450 m and 2450 m in clear Antarctic ice evenly distributed over 80 strings.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Albrecht Karle

This paper bundles 40 contributions by the IceCube collaboration that were submitted to the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference ICRC 2007. The articles cover studies on cosmic rays and atmospheric neutrinos, searches for non-localized,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The IceCube Collaboration

IceCube is a km^3 scale neutrino detector being constructed deep in the Antarctic ice. When complete, IceCube will consist of 4800 optical modules deployed on 80 strings between 1450 and 2450 m of depth. During the 2007-2008 data taking…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Erik Strahler

IceCube DeepCore, the existing low-energy extension of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, was designed to lower the neutrino detection energy threshold to the GeV range. A new extension, called the IceCube Upgrade, will consist of seven…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-31 Philipp Eller , Kayla Leonard DeHolton , Jan Weldert , Rasmus Ørsøe

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer scale neutrino detector embedded in the Antarctic ice of the South Pole. In the near future, the detector will be augmented by extensions, such as the IceCube Upgrade and the planned…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 Martin Ha Minh

Over 5,000 PMTs are being deployed at the South Pole to compose the IceCube neutrino observatory. Many are placed deep in the ice to detect Cherenkov light emitted by the products of high-energy neutrino interactions, and others are frozen…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 The IceCube Collaboration , R. Abbasi , Y. Abdou , T. Abu-Zayyad , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , K. Andeen , J. Auffenberg , X. Bai , M. Baker , S. W. Barwick , R. Bay , J. L. Bazo Alba , K. Beattie , J. J. Beatty , S. Bechet , J. K. Becker , K. -H. Becker , M. L. Benabderrahmane , J. Berdermann , P. Berghaus , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Bertrand , D. Z. Besson , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , D. J. Boersma , C. Bohm , O. Botner , L. Bradley , J. Braun , S. Buitink , M. Carson , D. Chirkin , B. Christy , J. Clem , S. Cohen , C. Colnard , D. F. Cowen , M. V. D'Agostino , M. Danninger , C. De Clercq , L. Demirörs , O. Depaepe , F. Descamps , P. Desiati , G. de Vries-Uiterweerd , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , J. Dreyer , J. P. Dumm , M. R. Duvoort , R. Ehrlich , J. Eisch , R. W. Ellsworth , O. Engdegård , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , O. Fadiran , A. R. Fazely , T. Feusels , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , M. M. Foerster , B. D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , R. Franke , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , R. Ganugapati , M. Geisler , L. Gerhardt , L. Gladstone , A. Goldschmidt , J. A. Goodman , D. Grant , T. Griesel , A. Groß , S. Grullon , R. M. Gunasingha , M. Gurtner , C. Ha , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , K. Han , K. Hanson , Y. Hasegawa , J. Haugen , K. Helbing , P. Herquet , S. Hickford , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , A. Homeier , K. Hoshina , D. Hubert , W. Huelsnitz , J. -P. Hülß , P. O. Hulth , K. Hultqvist , S. Hussain , R. L. Imlay , M. Inaba , A. Ishihara , J. Jacobsen , G. S. Japaridze , H. Johansson , J. M. Joseph , K. -H. Kampert , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , J. L. Kelley , N. Kemming , P. Kenny , J. Kiryluk , F. Kislat , N. Kitamura , S. R. Klein , S. Knops , G. Kohnen , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , T. Kowarik , M. Krasberg , T. Krings , G. Kroll , K. Kuehn , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , S. Lafebre , K. Laihem , H. Landsman , R. Lauer , A. Laundrie , R. Lehmann , D. Lennarz , J. Lünemann , J. Madsen , P. Majumdar , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. S. Matis , M. Matusik , K. Meagher , M. Merck , P. Mészáros , T. Meures , E. Middell , N. Milke , H. Miyamoto , T. Montaruli , R. Morse , S. M. Movit , R. Nahnhauer , J. W. Nam , U. Naumann , P. Nießen , D. R. Nygren , S. Odrowski , A. Olivas , M. Olivo , M. Ono , S. Panknin , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , J. Petrovic , A. Piegsa , D. Pieloth , A. C. Pohl , R. Porrata , J. Posselt , P. B. Price , M. Prikockis , G. T. Przybylski , K. Rawlins , P. Redl , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Ribordy , A. Rizzo , P. Robl , J. P. Rodrigues , P. Roth , F. Rothmaier , C. Rott , C. Roucelle , D. Rutledge , B. Ruzybayev , D. Ryckbosch , H. -G. Sander , P. Sandstrom , S. Sarkar , K. Schatto , S. Schlenstedt , T. Schmidt , D. Schneider , A. Schukraft , A. Schultes , O. Schulz , M. Schunck , D. Seckel , B. Semburg , S. H. Seo , Y. Sestayo , S. Seunarine , A. Silvestri , A. Slipak , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , G. Stephens , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , S. Stoyanov , E. A. Strahler , T. Straszheim , G. W. Sullivan , Q. Swillens , I. Taboada , A. Tamburro , O. Tarasova , A. Tepe , S. Ter-Antonyan , C. Terranova , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , D. Tosi , D. Turcan , N. van Eijndhoven , J. Vandenbroucke , A. Van Overloop , J. van Santen , B. Voigt , D. Wahl , C. Walck , T. Waldenmaier , M. Wallraff , M. Walter , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , G. Wikström , D. R. Williams , R. Wischnewski , H. Wissing , K. Woschnagg , C. Xu , X. W. Xu , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , P. Zarzhitsky

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

IceCube is a 1 km$^3$ neutrino observatory being built to study neutrino production in active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, supernova remnants, and a host of other astrophysical sources. High-energy neutrinos may signal the sources of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Spencer R. Klein

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…

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

IceCube was completed in December 2010. It forms a lattice of 5160 photomultiplier tubes that monitor a volume of ~ 1 cubic km in the deep Antarctic ice for particle induced photons. The telescope was designed to detect neutrinos with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Lutz Köpke

IceCube is a neutrino observatory at Earth's South Pole that uses glacial ice as detector medium. Secondary particles from neutrino interactions produce Cherenkov light, which is detected by an array of photo detectors deployed within the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-19 Sebastian Fiedlschuster