IceCube: A Cubic Kilometer Radiation Detector

2008/07/31 by Spencer R. Klein · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Cherenkov radiation #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Detector #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino detector #Neutrino oscillation #Nuclear physics #Optics #Particle physics #Physics #astro-ph #nucl-ex #physics.ins-det

paper · pdf · doi:10.1109/tns.2009.2015300

published as IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci.56:1141-1147,2009 · Revised version, with details added, per referee request. 8 pages, presented at SORMA West 2008 (Symposium on Radiation Measurement and Applications)

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Abstract

IceCube is a 1 km3neutrino detector now being built at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. It consists of 4800 Digital Optical Modules (DOMs) which detect Cherenkov radiation from the charged particles produced in neutrino interactions. IceCube will observe astrophysical neutrinos with energies above about 100 GeV. IceCube will be able to separate numu, nueand nutauinteractions because of their different topologies. IceCube construction is currently 50% complete.

Citations

• Light tracking through ice and water—Scattering and absorption in heterogeneous media with Photonics
• High-energy neutrino astronomy: the cosmic ray connection
• Correlation of the Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays with Nearby Extragalactic Objects
• The IceCube Collaboration: contributions to the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2007)

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• Neutrino Astronomy with the IceCube Observatory and Implications for Astroparticle Physics