Status of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

被引:16
作者
Ahrens, J
Bahcall, JN
Bai, X
Bay, RC
Becka, T
Becker, KH
Berley, D
Bernardini, E
Bertrand, D
Besson, DZ
Blaufuss, E
Boersma, DJ
Böser, S
Bohm, C
Botner, O
Bouchta, A
Bouhali, O
Burgess, T
Carithers, W
Castermans, T
Cavin, J
Chinowsky, W
Chirkin, D
Collin, B
Conrad, J
Cooley, J
Cowen, DF
Davour, A
De Clercq, C
DeYoung, T
Desiati, P
Ehrlich, R
Ellsworth, RW
Evenson, PA
Fazely, AR
Feser, T
Gaisser, TK
Gallagher, J
Ganugapati, R
Geenen, H
Goldschmidt, A
Goodman, JA
Gunasingha, RM
Hallgren, A
Halzen, F
Hanson, K
Hardtke, R
Hauschildt, T
Hays, D
Helbing, K
机构
[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Univ Delaware, Bartol Res Inst, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[3] Berg Univ Wuppertal, Fachbereich Phys 8, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
[4] Free Univ Brussels, Fac Sci, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[5] Clark Atlanta Univ, CTSPS, Atlanta, GA 30314 USA
[6] Chiba Univ, Dept Phys, Chiba 2638522, Japan
[7] DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
[8] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BW, England
[9] Inst Adv Study, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[10] Univ Kansas, Dept Phys & Astron, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[11] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[12] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[13] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[14] So Univ, Dept Phys, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA
[15] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[16] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[17] George Mason Univ, Dept Phys, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[18] Univ Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
[19] Univ Simon Bolivar, Dept Fis, Caracas 1080, Venezuela
[20] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Astron, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[21] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[22] Univ Wisconsin, SSEC, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[23] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, River Falls, WI 54022 USA
[24] Uppsala Univ, Div High Energy Phys, S-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
[25] Univ Utrecht, Fac Phys & Astron, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, Netherlands
[26] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[27] Free Univ Brussels, Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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D O I
10.1016/j.newar.2003.12.031
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The IceCube neutrino telescope, to be constructed near the Antarctic South Pole, represents the next generation of neutrino telescope. Its large 1 km(3) size will make it uniquely sensitive to the detection of neutrinos from astrophysical sources. The current design of the detector is presented. The basic performance of the detector and its ability to search for neutrinos from various astrophysical sources has been studied using detailed simulations and is discussed. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页数:7
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