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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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