Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2009-05-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
4 pages, 3 figure, to be included in the Proceedings of the Lake Louise Winter Institute 2009
Scientific paper
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 season, 22 strings were operational. This configuration is already much larger than previous neutrino telescopes and provides better sensitivity to point sources of high energy (>1 TeV) neutrino emission. Such astrophysical objects are leading candidates for the acceleration of cosmic rays. We describe the IceCube detector and present the methods and results of several recent searches for steady (e.g. AGN) and transient (GRB) point sources.
for the IceCube Collaboration
Strahler Erik
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