Particle Astrophysics 2011

Session

IceCube - Olga Botner, Uppsala University

IC

29 Apr 2011, 17:15

4. IceCube

Olga Botner (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Uppsala U)

29/04/2011, 17:15

IceCube - Olga Botner

The completion of the IceCube neutrino observatory represents a milestone for neutrino astronomy. A cubic kilometer of the Antarctic glacier has been transformed into the world's largest particle detector, aiming to explore and chart the sites of the most violent processes in the Universe. Some of these sources are out of reach for conventional astronomy, since the Universe is opaque to...