IceCube: A Cubic Kilometer Radiation Detector

Author

Klein, Spencer R.

Author_Institution

Nucl. Sci. Div., Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA

Volume

56

Issue

3

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1141

Lastpage

1147

Abstract

IceCube is a 1 km³ neutrino 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 nu_mu , nu_e and nu_tau interactions because of their different topologies. IceCube construction is currently 50% complete.

Keywords

Cherenkov counters; cosmic ray apparatus; cosmic ray muons; cosmic ray neutrinos; neutrino detection; neutrino interactions; pion production; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Cherenkov radiation detection; IceCube; astrophysical neutrinos; charged pion production; cosmic ray muons; cubic kilometer radiation detector; digital optical modules; electron neutrino interactions; muon neutrino interactions; neutrino detector; tau neutrino interactions; Acceleration; Collaboration; Cosmic rays; Gamma ray bursts; Magnetic fields; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Optical sensors; Protons; Radiation detectors; Ice; IceCube; neutrino;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2009.2015300

Filename

5076089