IceCube is a particle detector at the South Pole that records the
interactions of a nearly massless sub-atomic particle called the neutrino.
IceCube searches for neutrinos from the most violent astrophysical sources:
events like exploding stars, gamma ray bursts, and cataclysmic phenomena
involving black holes and neutron stars. The IceCube telescope is a
powerful tool to search for dark matter, and could reveal the new physical
processes associated with the enigmatic origin of the highest energy
particles in nature. In addition, exploring the background of neutrinos
produced in the atmosphere, IceCube studies the neutrinos themselves; their
energies far exceed those produced by accelerator beams. IceCube is the
world's largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometer of ice.
