Recent Results from IceCube

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

In two more construction seasons IceCube, the first cubic-kilometer neutrino telescope, will be completed according to the initial schedule. The instrumentation of this extremely large volume allows to measure neutrinos in the energy range from about 100 GeV up to energies larger than $10^{17}$ eV. When complete, IceCube will reach sensitivites well below expected neutrino fluxes from astrophysical sources accelerating hadrons. A ground-based extensive air-shower, IceTop, measuring showers induced by primaries of energy between $10^{15} - 10^{17}$ eV, enriches the physics potential of this observatory at the South Pole operating standalone and in coincidence with the deep ice detector. The current results of IceCube in incomplete configurations and the physics reach of the full detector will be discussed as well as the low energy extension DeepCore and possible high energy extensions.

Authors

  • Teresa Montaruli

    University of Wisconsin - Madison