The Telescope in the Ice
by Mark Bowen · first published 2017
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The Telescope in the Ice was a solid book about this. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1137280085
on “Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen” ↗The Telescope in the Ice was an enjoyable read. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33573932-the-telescope-i...
on “IceCube observes seven potential tau neutrinos” ↗…surroundings are optically opaque, but the neutrinos sail on through so you'd expect to see them before the photons. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987ApJ...318L..63B/abstra... I would recommend Telescope in the Ice as one of the best introductions to modern neutrino detectors - why and where they're built. Also provides a good insight into how a big collaboration is formed, funded and operates. I've worked for IceCube…
on “Photons, neutrinos, and gravitational-wave astronomy” ↗…infrastructure to house a large number of people. The traverse (SPoT) only became operational near the end of construction - the initial holes were drilled in 2005 and almost everything had to be flown in. Telescope In The Ice does a great job of explaining the history and science behind the experiment.
on “Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen” ↗