Observation of high-energy neutrinos using Čerenkov detectors embedded deep in Antarctic ice

Andrés, E.; Askebjer, P.; Bai, X.; Giechaskiel, Barouch; Barwick, S. W.; Bay, R.; Becker, K.-H.; Bergström, Lars; Bertrand, Daniel; Bierenbaum, D.; Biron, A.; Booth, J.; Botner, O.; Bouchta, A.; Boyce, M. M.; Carius, Staffan; Chen, A.; Chirkin, D.; Conrad, J.; Cooley, J.; Costa, C. G. S.; Cowen, D. F.; Dailing, J.; Dalberg, E.; DeYoung, T.; Desiati, P.; Dewulf, J. P.; Doksus, P.; Edsjö, Joakim; Ekström, P.; Erlandsson, B.; Feser, T.; Gaug, M.; Goldschmidt, A.; Goobar, A.; Gray, L.; Haase, H.; Hallgren, A.; Halzen, F.; Hanson, K.; Hardtke, R.; He, Yingping; Hellwig, M.; Heukenkamp, H.; Hill, G. C.; Hulth, P. O.; Hundertmark, S.; Jacobsen, J.; Kandhadai, V.; Karle, A.; Kim, J.; Koci, B.; Köpke, L.; Kowalski, M.; Leich, H.; Leuthold, M.; Lindahl, P.; Liubarsky, I.; Loaiza, P.; Lowder, D. M.; Ludvig, J.; Madsen, J.; Marciniewski, P.; Matis, H. S.; Mihályi, A.; Mikolajski, T.; Miller, Tim; Minaeva, Y.; Miočinović, P.; Mock, P. C.; Morse, R.; Neunhöffer, T.; Newcomer, F. M.; Nießen, P.; Nygren, D. R.; Öğelman, H.; Heros, C. Pérez de los; Porrata, R.; Price, P. B.; Rawlins, K.; Reed, C.; Rhode, W.; Richards, A.; Richter, S.; Martino, J. Rodrı́guez; Romenesko, P.; Ross, Douglas A.; Rubinstein, H.R.; Sander, H. G.; Scheider, T.; Schmidt, T.; Schneider, D.; Schneider, E.; Schwarz, R.; Silvestri, A.; Solarz, M.; Spiczak, G. M.; Spiering, C.; Starinsky, N.; Steele, D.; Steffen, P.; Stokstad, R. G.; Streicher, O.; Sun, Q.; Taboada, I.; Thollander, L.; Thon, T.; Tilav, S.; Usechak, N.; Donckt, M. Vander; Walck, C.; Weinheimer, C.; Wiebusch, C. H.; Wischnewski, R.; Wissing, H.; Woschnagg, K.; Wu, W.; Yodh, G.; Young, Sam

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“…The detection of atmospheric neutrinos in agreement with expectations [2,1] established AMANDA as a neutrino telescope. Searches for neutrinos from Supernova [3], dark matter [6], point sources of muon neutrinos [4] and diffuse sources of high energy electron [5] and muon neutrinos [7] have demonstrated the physics potential of a deep ice neutrino detector.…”

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IceCube — the next generation neutrino telescope at the South Pole

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Bahcall³

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Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

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IceCube is a large neutrino telescope of the next generation to be constructed in the Antarctic Ice Sheet near the South Pole. We present the conceptual design and the sensitivity of the IceCube detector to predicted fluxes of neutrinos, both atmospheric and extra-terrestrial. A complete simulation of the detector design has been used to study the detector's capability to search for neutrinos from sources such as active galaxies, and gamma-ray bursts.

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IceCube — the next generation neutrino telescope at the South Pole

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Bahcall³

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Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

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“…AMANDA was shown to be a functioning neutrino telescope by virtue of its ability to reconstruct upward-going muons induced by atmospheric muon neutrinos [ 6,7]. A fraction of the atmospheric muon neutrinos produced in the northern hemisphere travel through the earth, interact with the underlying earth or the ice near AMANDA, and produce a muon which can be detected and reconstructed.…”

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Results from the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array

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Barwick³

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Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

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We show new results from both the older and newer incarnations of AMANDA (AMANDA-B10 and AMANDA-II, respectively). These results demonstrate that AMANDA is a functioning, multipurpose detector with significant physics and astrophysics reach. They include a new higher-statistics measurement of the atmospheric muon neutrino flux and preliminary results from searches for a variety of sources of ultrahigh energy neutrinos: generic point sources, gamma-ray bursters and diffuse sources producing muons in the detector, and diffuse sources producing electromagnetic or hadronic showers in or near the detector.

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“…AMANDA technologies and system architecture were developed, and now proven by five years of operation, to be reliable, durable, and robust. AMANDA was shown to be a functioning neutrino detector by virtue of its ability to reconstruct upward-going muons induced by atmospheric muon neutrinos (Andres et al 2001;Ahrens et al 2002a) and detailed comparison…”

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Physics and Results from the AMANDA-II High Energy Neutrino Telescope

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Barwick

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Symp. - Int. Astron. Union

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This paper briefly describes the principle of operation and science goals of the AMANDA high energy neutrino telescope located at the South Pole, Antarctica. Results from an earlier phase of the telescope, called AMANDA-BIO, demonstrate both reliable operation and the broad astrophysical reach of this device, which includes searches for a variety of sources of ultrahigh energy neutrinos: generic point sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts and diffuse sources. The predicted sensitivity and angular resolution of the telescope were confirmed by studies of atmospheric muon and neutrino backgrounds. We also report on the status of the analysis from AMANDA-II, a larger version with far greater capabilities. At this stage of analysis, details of the ice properties and other systematic uncertainties of the AMANDA-II telescope are under study, but we have made progress toward critical science objectives. In particular, we present the first preliminary flux limits from AMANDA-II on the search for continuous emission from astrophysical point sources, and report on the search for correlated neutrino emission from Gamma Ray Bursts detected by BATSE before decommissioning in May 2000. During the next two years, we expect to exploit the full potential of AMANDA-II with the installation of a new data acquisition system that records full waveforms from the in-ice optical sensors.

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Observation of high-energy neutrinos using Čerenkov detectors embedded deep in Antarctic ice

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IceCube — the next generation neutrino telescope at the South Pole

IceCube — the next generation neutrino telescope at the South Pole

Results from the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array

Physics and Results from the AMANDA-II High Energy Neutrino Telescope

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