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IceCube Upgrade for precision neutrino physics and astrophysics kicks off
That IceCube has big plans for a larger and improved neutrino detector is not a secret. This week, the launch of the so-called IceCube Upgrade—which will deploy seven new strings at the bottom of the detector array—sets a milestone in what IceCubers have designed as an incremental extension of the Antarctic detector. The IceCube Neutrino…
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Exploring the possibility of detecting extragalactic supernovae with IceCube-Gen2, summer research with IceCube
International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) is a program funded by the National Science Foundation to support active participation of US undergraduates in international research projects. Vanessa Esaw, Nick Kulacz, Nick Jensen, Jack Nuckles, and Samantha Pedek participated in the IRES program through UW–River Falls to work on IceCube research for the summer at Stockholm…
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IceCube 2014 in brief
Yet another year has come to an end for IceCube with plenty of new science results, an always growing international collaboration, and plans for an update to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. In the meantime, the detector’s performance has broken still another record, and many outreach activities, including the recently launched IceCube Masterclass, accompanied this hectic…
