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IceCube-Gen2 is a proposed neutrino observatory at the South Pole that will build on the success of IceCube and will also serve as a unique detector for cosmic-ray air showers. Analogous to the IceTop surface array over IceCube's deep…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-09 Frank G. Schröder

The IceCube observatory is the first cubic kilometre scale instrument in the field of high-energy neutrino astronomy and cosmic rays. In 2009, following five successful deployment seasons, IceCube consisted of 59 strings of optical modules…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Klas Hultqvist

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, under construction at the South Pole, consists of three sub-detectors: a km-scale array of digital optical modules deployed deep in the ice, the AMANDA neutrino telescope and the surface array IceTop. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 E. Resconi

IceTop is a 1 km^2 air shower detector presently under construction as a part of the IceCube Observatory at South Pole. It will consist of 80 detector stations, each equipped with two ice Cherenkov tanks, which cover 1 km^2. In 2008, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Stefan Klepser

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 cubic-kilometer Cherenkov detector installed in deep ice at the geographic South Pole. IceCube's surface array, IceTop, measures the electromagnetic signal and mainly low-energy muons from extensive air showers above several…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 Andreas Haungs

High-energy neutrinos are uniquely suited to study a large variety of physics as they traverse the universe almost untouched, in contrast to conventional astronomical messengers like photons or cosmic rays which are limited by interactions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Carsten Rott

An upgrade to the IceCube Neutrino Telescope is currently under construction. For this IceCube Upgrade, seven new strings will be deployed in the central region of the 86 string IceCube detector to enhance the capability to detect neutrinos…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 Woosik Kang , Jiwoong Lee , Gerrit Roellinghoff , Carsten Rott , Christoph Tönnis

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer volume neutrino detector installed in the Antarctic at the geographic South Pole. Neutrinos are detected through the observation of Cherenkov light from charged relativistic particles…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-22 Woosik Kang , Christoph Tönnis , Carsten Rott

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

IceCube is currently not only the largest neutrino telescope but also one of the world's most competitive instruments for studying cosmic rays in the PeV to EeV regime where the transition from galactic to extra-galactic sources should…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Sebastian Böser

The IceCube-Gen2 Neutrino Observatory is proposed to extend the all-flavour energy range of IceCube beyond PeV energies. It will comprise two key components: I) An enlarged 8$\,$km$^3$ in-ice optical Cherenkov array to measure the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-03 Felix Schlüter , Simona Toscano

IceCube-Gen2 is a proposed extension to the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. It will consist of three components: an in-ice optical array, a surface array on top of the optical array, and a radio array for detecting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-18 Manisha Lohan

IceCube is a 1 km$^3$ neutrino detector now being built at the South Pole. Its 4800 optical modules will detect Cherenkov radiation from charged particles produced in neutrino interactions. IceCube will search for neutrinos of astrophysical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Spencer R. Klein

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole consists of two components, a km2 surface array IceTop and a km3 in-ice array between 1.5 and 2.5 km below the surface. Cosmic ray events with primary energy above a few tens of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-22 Xinhua Bai , Emily Dvorak , Dennis Soldin , Javier Gonzalez

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

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

In 2016, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory launched its realtime program. When a neutrino candidate of likely astrophysical origin is detected, a public alert is issued, typically within one minute. These alerts allow the astrophysical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-10 Giacomo Sommani , Tianlu Yuan

IceCube is a cubic neutrino telescope under construction at the South Pole since the austral summer 2004/2005 with a total instrumented volume of the order of 1 km^3. At the moment it is taking data with 40 deployed strings. The full…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 P. Berghaus