IceCube
(IceCube Neutrino Observatory)
(neutrino detector at the South Pole)
IceCube (or IceCube Neutrino Observatory)
is a neutrino detector located at South Pole Station
consisting of a Cherenkov detector incorporating a cubic-kilometer
volume of ice located 1500 to 2500 meters below the surface,
not far above the bedrock. It detects neutrinos, by sensing
Cherenkov radiation generated as the neutrinos pass through the ice
faster than light's reduced speed within that ice. It aims to
determine the direction from which the higher-energy neutrinos
arrive, so sources can be identified and the arrivals can be
correlated with other phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). It went into
operation in 2005, replacing and incorporating an earlier neutrino
detector, AMANDA (for Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array).
The terms high energy event and high energy starting event (HESE)
have been used for IceCube detections of particularly high energy,
which are of special interest given the suggestion that they come
from other than the usual neutrino sources, and could be associated
with other astrophysical high-energy phenomena such as supernova,
GRBs, etc.
(neutrinos,South Pole,observatory)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Muon_And_Neutrino_Detector_Array
https://icecube.wisc.edu/
https://indico.cern.ch/event/221841/contributions/1525814/attachments/362223/504242/Kopper_-_TeVPA_HESE_technical.pdf
Prefix | Example | | |
IceCube | IceCube-191001A | | |
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Referenced by pages:
Cherenkov detector
Messier 77 (M77)
neutrino (ν)
neutrino hotspot
neutrino observatory
South Pole Station
TXS 0506+056
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