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- IceCube Neutrino Observatory
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Article By:
Halzen, Francis IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Last reviewed:February 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.335250
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An astrophysical observatory built into the ice at the South Pole that is designed to detect nearly massless subatomic particles known as neutrinos. IceCube is the world’s largest neutrino detector, utilizing a detection medium that consists of a gigaton of pristine Antarctica ice with a volume of approximately a cubic kilometer (hence the name, “IceCube”) (Fig. 1). The facility, which began taking data in 2005 and had its main array completed in 2010, serves as both a particle physics experiment and an astronomical observatory. See also: Neutrino; Neutrino astronomy
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