Cosmic neutrinos and more: IceCube’s first three years

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole has been collecting data on some of the most violent collisions in the universe

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Cosmic neutrinos and more: IceCube’s first three years

One of the first two events from IceCube produced by a neutrino with an energy of about 1 PeV – and a first hint of the detection of astrophysical neutrinos (Image: IceCube Collaboration)

For the past four years, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the South Pole, has been collecting data on some of the most violent collisions in the universe. Fulfilling aspirations, the detector has observed neutrinos from beyond the Solar System with energies above 60 TeV, at the “magic” 5 σ significance. These neutrinos are just one highlight of IceCube’s broad physics programme, which encompasses searches for astrophysical neutrinos, searches for neutrinos from dark matter, studies of neutrino oscillations, cosmic-ray physics, and searches for supernovae. All of these studies take advantage of a unique detector at a unique location: the South Pole.

Read more: "Cosmic neutrinos and more" – CERN Courier