The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
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The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
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Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#2Recovering astroparticle physics PhD here.
I read this news with great interest because I thought they might have finally detected the flux of neutrinos predicted by the GZK process[1]. But, this can't be the case because 1) 10^14 eV is probably on the low side for GZK neutrinos, and (more importantly!) 2) that flux would be fairly isotropic, and not from point source.
But still! Exciting results! IceCube is an ambitious and wonderful detector and I'm always pleased to see it in the news.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greisen%E2%80%93Zatsepin%E2%80...
Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#3Recovering astroparticle physics PhD here. I read this news with great interest because I thought they might have finally detected the flux of neutrinos predicted by the GZK process[1]. But, this can't be the case because 1) 10^14 eV is probably on the low side for GZK neutrinos, and (more importantly!) 2) that flux would be fairly isotropic, and not from point source. But still! Exciting results! IceCube is an ambit…
Nah, the IceCube neutrinos are probably photonuclear with local photons rather than CMB photons.
Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#4Recovering astroparticle physics PhD here. I read this news with great interest because I thought they might have finally detected the flux of neutrinos predicted by the GZK process[1]. But, this can't be the case because 1) 10^14 eV is probably on the low side for GZK neutrinos, and (more importantly!) 2) that flux would be fairly isotropic, and not from point source. But still! Exciting results! IceCube is an ambit…
Nah, the IceCube neutrinos are probably photonuclear with local photons rather than CMB photons.
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Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#5My coworker went down to the South Pole to install Debian on the IceCube cluster (funny story: it's hard to cool servers there because the air is really dry) ~14 years ago. Basically, a 48 hour trip both ways just to insert a CD and press reset. We were all jealous.
Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#6Recovering astroparticle physics PhD here. I read this news with great interest because I thought they might have finally detected the flux of neutrinos predicted by the GZK process[1]. But, this can't be the case because 1) 10^14 eV is probably on the low side for GZK neutrinos, and (more importantly!) 2) that flux would be fairly isotropic, and not from point source. But still! Exciting results! IceCube is an ambit…
Nah, the IceCube neutrinos are probably photonuclear with local photons rather than CMB photons.
Is this how other people hear software developers when we talk about code?
Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nah, the IceCube neutrinos are probably photonuclear with local photons rather than CMB photons.
Is this how other people hear software developers when we talk about code?
Yes. And the same goes with finance people, and people in lots of other fields. Jargon rich conversations that outsiders think is mumbo-jumbo.
Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is this how other people hear software developers when we talk about code?
Yes. And the same goes with finance people, and people in lots of other fields. Jargon rich conversations that outsiders think is mumbo-jumbo.
I'm the author of the Spectrum article: this is the exact reason why I get paid for my job :)
Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#9The scientists at the IceCube Neutrino Detector are currently doing an AMA on reddit[0] for those interested.
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8yajhh/were_scientist...
Re: The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt
#10Recovering astroparticle physics PhD here. I read this news with great interest because I thought they might have finally detected the flux of neutrinos predicted by the GZK process[1]. But, this can't be the case because 1) 10^14 eV is probably on the low side for GZK neutrinos, and (more importantly!) 2) that flux would be fairly isotropic, and not from point source. But still! Exciting results! IceCube is an ambit…
> Recovering astroparticle physics PhD here
If I may ask: why 'recovering'?