2015 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2015

IceCube and the Discovery of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos

18 Jun 2015, 11:45

45m

CCIS L2-190 (University of Alberta)

Plenary Speaker / Conférencier plénier R-PLEN Plenary Session - Francis Halzen, IceCube and Univ. of Wisonsin-Madison - Session plénière - Francis Halzen, IceCube and Univ. de Wisonsin-Madison

Speaker

Francis Halzen (High Energy Physics-Department of Physics-University of Wiscons)

Description

The IceCube project has transformed one cubic kilometer of natural Antarctic ice into a neutrino detector. The instrument detects 100,000 neutrinos per year in the GeV to PeV energy range. Among those, we have recently isolated a flux of high-energy cosmic neutrinos. I will discuss the instrument, the analysis of the data, and the significance of the discovery of cosmic neutrinos.