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IceCube's In-Ice Radio Extension: Status and Results

In 2006-2010, several Radio Frequency (RF) detectors and calibration equipment were deployed as part of the IceCube array at depths between 5 to 1400 meters in preparation for a future large scale GZK neutrino detector. IceCube's deep holes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 H. Landsman , E. Cheng , E. Kulcyk , A. W. Laundrie , B. Rotter , L. Ruckman , P. W. Sandstrom , G. S. Varner

IceCube-Plus: An Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Telescope

While the first kilometer-scale neutrino telescope, IceCube, is under construction, alternative plans exist to build even larger detectors that will, however, b e limited by a much higher neutrino energy threshold of 10 PeV or higher rather…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Francis Halzen , Dan Hooper

Neutrino Astronomy with the IceCube Observatory and Implications for Astroparticle Physics

The IceCube Observatory is a km^3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the geographic South Pole. It will comprise 4800 optical sensors deployed on 80 vertical strings between 1450 and 2450 meters under the ice surface.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Paolo Desiati

Neutrino Astronomy with IceCube

IceCube is a kilometer-scale high energy neutrino telescope under construction at the South Pole, a second-generation instrument expanding the capabilities of the AMANDA telescope. The scientific portfolio of IceCube includes the detection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-22 Tyce DeYoung

The LED calibration systems for the mDOM and D-Egg sensor modules of the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, instrumenting about 1 km$^3$ of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole, is due to be enhanced with the IceCube Upgrade. The IceCube Upgrade, to be deployed during the 2025/26 Antarctic summer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , S. K. Agarwalla , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , J. M. Alameddine , S. Ali , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Athanasiadou , S. N. Axani , R. Babu , X. Bai , J. Baines-Holmes , A. Balagopal V. , S. W. Barwick , S. Bash , V. Basu , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , P. Behrens , J. Beise , C. Bellenghi , B. Benkel , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , E. Blaufuss , L. Bloom , S. Blot , I. Bodo , F. Bontempo , J. Y. Book Motzkin , C. Boscolo Meneguolo , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , J. Braun , B. Brinson , Z. Brisson-Tsavoussis , R. T. Burley , D. Butterfield , M. A. Campana , K. Carloni , J. Carpio , S. Chattopadhyay , N. Chau , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , B. A. Clark , A. Coleman , P. Coleman , G. H. Collin , D. A. Coloma Borja , A. Connolly , J. M. Conrad , R. Corley , D. F. Cowen , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado , T. Delmeulle , S. Deng , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , S. DiKerby , M. Dittmer , A. Domi , L. Draper , L. Dueser , D. Durnford , K. Dutta , M. A. DuVernois , T. Ehrhardt , L. Eidenschink , A. Eimer , P. Eller , E. Ellinger , D. Elsässer , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , W. Esmail , S. Eulig , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , K. Farrag , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , S. Fukami , P. Fürst , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , M. Garcia , G. Garg , E. Genton , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glüsenkamp , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , A. Granados , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , M. Gravois , S. Griffin , S. Griswold , K. M. Groth , D. Guevel , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Ha , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , L. Halve , F. Halzen , L. Hamacher , M. Ha Minh , M. Handt , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , J. Häußler , K. Helbing , J. Hellrung , B. Henke , L. Hennig , F. Henningsen , L. Heuermann , R. Hewett , N. Heyer , S. Hickford , A. Hidvegi , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , R. Hmaid , K. D. Hoffman , D. Hooper , S. Hori , K. Hoshina , M. Hostert , W. Hou , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , K. Hymon , A. Ishihara , W. Iwakiri , M. Jacquart , S. Jain , O. Janik , M. Jansson , M. Jeong , M. Jin , N. Kamp , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , L. Kardum , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , A. Katil , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , M. Khanal , A. Khatee Zathul , A. Kheirandish , H. Kimku , J. Kiryluk , C. Klein , S. R. Klein , Y. Kobayashi , A. Kochocki , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , N. Krieger , J. Krishnamoorthi , T. Krishnan , K. Kruiswijk , E. Krupczak , A. Kumar , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , E. A. Kurt , N. Lad , C. Lagunas Gualda , L. Lallement Arnaud , M. Lamoureux , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , K. Leonard DeHolton , A. Leszczyńska , J. Liao , C. Lin , Y. T. Liu , M. Liubarska , C. Love , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , J. Madsen , E. Magnus , Y. Makino , E. Manao , S. Mancina , A. Mand , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , L. Marten , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , J. Mauro , F. Mayhew , F. McNally , J. V. Mead , K. Meagher , S. Mechbal , A. Medina , M. Meier , Y. Merckx , L. Merten , T. Meures , J. Mitchell , L. Molchany , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , Y. Morii , A. Mosbrugger , M. Moulai , D. Mousadi , E. Moyaux , T. Mukherjee , R. Naab , M. Nakos , U. Naumann , J. Necker , L. Neste , M. Neumann , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , K. Noda , A. Noell , A. Novikov , A. Obertacke Pollmann , V. O'Dell , A. Olivas , R. Orsoe , J. Osborn , E. O'Sullivan , V. Palusova , H. Pandya , A. Pare<nti , N. Park , V. Parrish , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , T. Pernice , J. Peterson , M. Plum , A. Pontén , V. Poojyam , Y. Popovych , M. Prado Rodriguez , B. Pries , R. 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Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , K. -H. Sulanke , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , A. Thakuri , P. Theobald , M. Thiesmeyer , W. G. Thompson , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , P. Trevarrow , A. Trettin , A. K. Upadhyay , K. Upshaw , A. Vaidyanathan , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Valverde , J. Vandenbroucke , T. Van Eeden , N. van Eijndhoven , L. Van Rootselaar , J. van Santen , J. Vara , F. Varsi , M. Venugopal , M. Vereecken , S. Vergara Carrasco , S. Verpoest , D. Veske , A. Vijai , J. Villarreal , C. Walck , A. Wang , E. H. S. Warrick , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , J. Weldert , A. Y. Wen , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , L. Witthaus , M. Wolf , G. Wrede , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , Y. Yao , E. Yildizci , S. Yoshida , R. Young , F. Yu , S. Yu , T. Yuan , A. Zegarelli , S. Zhang , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin , P. Zilberman

An Acoustic Calibration System for the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory will be upgraded with about 700 additional optical sensor modules and new calibration devices. Particularly, improved calibration will enhance IceCube's physics capabilities both at low and high neutrino…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-06 Dirk Heinen , Shefali , Roxanne Turcotte , Lars Steffen Weinstock , Christopher Wiebusch , Simon Zierke

A Surface Radio Array for the Enhancement of IceTop and its Science Prospects

Radio detection of air showers in the current era has progressed immensely to effectively extract the properties of these air showers. Primary cosmic rays with energies of hundreds of PeV have been successfully measured with the method of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 Aswathi Balagopal V. , Andreas Haungs , Thomas Huber , Tim Huege , Matthias Kleifges , Max Renschler , Harald Schieler , Frank G. Schröder , Andreas Weindl

Calibration of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

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: Instrumentation and Online Systems

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

Simulation of a hybrid optical-radio-acoustic neutrino detector at the South Pole

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

Operations plans and sensitivities of the IceCube Upgrade Camera System

The IceCube Upgrade consists of seven new strings to be deployed in the central region of the existing IceCube detector. The goals of the IceCube Upgrade are two-fold: to enhance sensitivity to neutrinos in the GeV range, and to improve the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-15 Steven Rodan , Christoph Tönnis , Jiwoong Lee , Carsten Rott

Reconstruction of Neutrino Events in IceCube using Graph Neural Networks

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

Recent Results of Point Source Searches with the IceCube Neutrino Telescope

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

Advances in IceCube ice modelling and what to expect from the Upgrade

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory instruments about 1 km$^3$ of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole using 5160 photomultipliers to detect Cherenkov light from relativistic, charged particles. Most IceCube science goals rely on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 Martin Rongen , Dmitry Chirkin

Electronics Design of the IceCube-Gen2 Optical Module Prototype

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

Measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum with IceTop-73

We report on the measurement of the all-particle cosmic ray energy spectrum with the IceTop air shower array in the energy range from 1.58 PeV to 1.26 EeV. The IceTop air shower array is the surface component of the IceCube Neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-22 IceCube collaboration

Detecting neutrinos in IceCube with Cherenkov light in the South Pole ice

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

The Acoustic Module for the IceCube Upgrade

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

Neutrino Astrophysics and Galactic Cosmic Ray Anisotropy in IceCube

The IceCube Observatory is a kilometer-cube neutrino telescope under construction at the South Pole and planned to be completed in early 2011. When completed it will consist of 5,160 Digital Optical Modules (DOMs) which detect Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Paolo Desiati

Recent results of cosmic-ray studies with IceTop at the IceCube Neutrino

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov detector that is deployed deep in the Antarctic ice at the South Pole. A square kilometer companion surface detector, IceTop, located directly above in the in-ice array,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-10 Donghwa Kang