Status Of The High Energy Neutrino Observatory IceCube

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Aug 2006

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Astronomy in Antarctica, 26th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 7, 22-23 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic, SPS7, #5

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IceCube is a large neutrino observatory being built near the geographic South Pole. IceCube is designed to measure neutrinos of energies 10^11 eV to more than 10^ 18 eV. The main goal is the detection of neutrinos originating from active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, supernova remnants and other astrophysical sources. IceCube will perform other studies such as WIMP annihilation in the Sun, neutrino oscillations and cosmic-ray composition at energies above 1 PeV. 604 Optical Sensors have been deployed to date, roughly 10% of the total. They comprise 540 sensors on 9 strings located between 1.45 km and 2.45 km beneath the South Pole surface, and 64 modules located in a 16-station surface air shower array called IceTop. IceCube's instrumented volume will eventually reach 1 km^3 in the ice and 1 km^2 on the surface. First data show that the instrument meets its performance goals. An overview will be given of the design, construction status and the initial performance of IceCube.

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