Abstract

IceCube--a neutrino telescope that encompasses a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice at the South Pole, collecting and processing data from 5,160 optical sensors buried a mile deep in the icecap--presents considerable challenges, from overcoming power and bandwidth limitations to simulating the complexities of Antarctic ice, which continue to stretch computing technology. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/ht0e6m6lpz0 is a video simulation of a visualization of the highest energy neutrino ever detected. The 2-PeV neutrino event was detected on Tuesday, 4 December 2012, by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a particle-detector telescope buried 1,500 meters deep in the ice at the South Pole. The neutrino was dubbed Big Bird.

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