IceCube: Neutrinos Associated with Cosmic Rays
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2010-04-21 v1
Abstract
After a brief review of the status of the kilometer-scale neutrino observatory IceCube, we discuss the prospect that such detectors discover the still-enigmatic sources of cosmic rays. After all, this aspiration set the scale of the instrument. While only a smoking gun is missing for the case that the Galactic component of the cosmic-ray spectrum originates in supernova remnants, the origin of the extragalactic component remains as inscrutable as ever. We speculate on the role of the nearby active galaxies Centaurus A and M87.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0906.3470,
title = {IceCube: Neutrinos Associated with Cosmic Rays},
author = {Francis Halzen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.3470},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
9 pages, 6 .pdf figures, from a paper presented at CIPANP 09, Torrey Pines, San Diego, CA