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IceCube 86-str<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

✗ 1.5 km ‐ 2.5 km deep<br />

✗ typically 125 m spac<strong>in</strong>g between str<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

IceCube detector<br />

(~70 m <strong>in</strong> DeepCore,10x higher DOM density)<br />

✗ 60 Modules per str<strong>in</strong>g<br />

✗ 1 km ‐‐ 1 Gton <strong>in</strong>strumented volume<br />

✗ O(km) muon tracks from νμ CC<br />

✗ O(10m) cascades from νe CC,<br />

low energy ντ CC, and νx NC<br />

✗ Cherenkov radiation detected by<br />

3D array of optical sensors (DOMs)<br />

*More details <strong>in</strong> plenary talk by C. Rott<br />

23/07/12 Matthias Dann<strong>in</strong>ger IDM 2012<br />

ν<br />

μ<br />

DeepCore<br />

8 add. densely<br />

<strong>in</strong>strumented str<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

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