Research group IceCube - IceCube is a detector for high-energy neutrinos
Construction of the detector started during the 2004/2005 season.
Inside an IceCube string. The deployment of each of the 86 IceCube strings lasted about 11 hours. In each one, 60 sensors (called DOMs) had to be quickly installed before the ice completely froze around them.
In its final configuration the detector consists of about 5160 optical modules with photomultiplier tubes sunk into the ice at a depths between 1400 and 2400 m. The 86 strings of optical modules fill a volume of approximately one cubic kilometer.
The researchers are collaborating with the Oskar Klein Centre.
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