High energy neutrino astronomy at the South Pole: Status and prospects
Hagar Landsman
Weizmann Institute
The ARA experiment (Askaryan Radio Array), currently under phased
construction at the South Pole, is a new extremely-high energy neutrino
telescope designed to be sensitive to the highest energy neutrinos
beyond the reach of current neutrino detectors. In view of the successful
completion of the `IceCube' neutrino observatory, the science motivations
for this new astrophysical neutrino detector will be discussed, and its
design goals, construction status, expected performances and first results
will be presented while emphasising the challenges in building a 100 km^2
detector in Antarctica.
Date: | Thursday, 30 April 2015 |
Time: | 11:30 |
Where: | McGill University |
| McGill Space Institute (3550 University), Conference Room |
Contact: | Robert Rutledge |
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