Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-12-20
Nucl.Instrum.Methods, Proc.Suppl.A604:S46-S52,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 10 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino detection Activities (ARENA) 2008 con
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.180
IceCube is a 1 km3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the South Pole. The detector will consist of 4800 optical sensors deployed at depths between 1450 m and 2450 m in clear Antarctic ice evenly distributed over 80 strings. An air shower array covering a surface area of 1 km^2 above the in-ice detector will measure cosmic ray air showers in the energy range from 300 TeV to above 1 EeV. The detector is designed to detect neutrinos of all flavors. With 40 strings currently in operation, construction is 50% complete. Based on data taken to date, the observatory meets its design goals and currently exceeds the sensitivity of AMANDA and previous neutrino telescopes. The construction outlook and possible future extensions are also discussed.
for the IceCube Collaboration
Karle Albrecht
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