Two fresh faces have arrived at the Pole—IceCube’s next winterovers, John Hardin and Yuya Makino, ready for service. Here is the plane that brought them, a low-flying Basler. […]
Week 44 at the Pole
News
Putting neutrino masses in their place (soon!) with the IceCube Upgrade and JUNO
Neutrino mass ordering is one of the foremost problems in neutrino physics today. But two new neutrino oscillation experiments are on the horizon—the IceCube Upgrade and JUNO. So the IceCube Collaboration and the JUNO Collaboration studied the combined performance of their respective experiments, which employ very distinct and complementary routes in order to resolve the neutrino mass ordering. In a paper submitted recently to Physical Review D, they show that a combined analysis could eliminate the wrong mass ordering in as few as three years from the start of data taking. […]
Meet Shaun O’Boyle: Photographer of Antarctica
American photographer Shaun O’Boyle is about to embark on his third Antarctic expedition. His unique trips are possible through the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers (AAW) Program, which has sent him to McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, and now the South Pole. On this trip, O’Boyle plans on photographing IceCube’s scientific instruments. […]
What can cascade events tell us about neutrino sources?
Cascade events are more difficult to reconstruct than tracks, which are usually used in searches for astrophysical neutrino sources, but cascades have their own advantages, including providing a better measurement of neutrino energy. In a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, the IceCube Collaboration outlined recent results from a source search that used seven years of data from cascade events. While they did not find any statistically significant sources of neutrino emissions, this work is an improvement on the previous source search with cascades. […]
Week 43 at the Pole
Things “warmed” up a bit at the Pole last week. And there were sun dogs back in the skies and some interesting snow formations on the ground. […]
Shigeru Yoshida and Aya Ishihara receive 2019 Nishina Memorial Prize
On November 7, 2019, the Nishina Memorial Foundation announced that Prof. Shigeru Yoshida and Prof. Aya Ishihara were selected as the recipients of the 2019 Nishina Memorial Prize, the oldest and most prestigious physics award in Japan. Yoshida and Ishihara lead the IceCube group at Chiba University. […]
Meet our 2019-2020 winterovers: Yuya and John
From November 2019 to November 2020, IceCube’s winterovers will be Yuya Makino and John Hardin. Here are some quick facts about the newest members of our South Pole squad. […]
Week 42 at the Pole
One of the first flights of the season is shown in this monochromatic image that rather dramatically portrays the desolate landscape of the Pole. […]
Happy Halloween! Try these IceCube pumpkin stencils
What’s missing from your Halloween celebration? Some IceCube-themed pumpkins, probably. Never fear! We are providing you with a variety of stencils to use in your Halloween decor. […]
Week 41 at the Pole
Well, there it is, the first plane to arrive at the South Pole for the season—a Basler. It only stopped long enough to refuel, but that was plenty of time to unload its precious cargo of fresh fruit. […]