| DATE: |
2006-02-27 16:00 - 17:00 |
| PLACE: |
4th Bld. Rm345 |
| TITLE: |
Prospects for cosmic-ray physics with IceCube |
| CONTACT: |
Physics Seminar Organizer |
| SPEAKER: |
Tom Gaisser (Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, USA) |
| LANGUAGE: |
English |
| URL: |
http://seminar.kek.jp/physics |
| ABSTRACT: |
The IceCube neutrino observatory includes an array of
ice Cherenkov detectors on the surface above the sensors deployed deep in the
ice at the South Pole. With its surface array, IceCube becomes a
3-dimensional air shower array as well as a neutrino telescope. It is sensitive to cosmic-ray nuclei with energies from 300 TeV to 1 EeV. I will describe the current status of the experiment and its potential
for studying the transition from galactic to extra-galactic cosmic rays. |
