First year performance of the IceCube neutrino telescope

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-173

  Achterberg, A ^a,x   Ackermann, M ^x,z   Adams, J ^d,x   Ahrens, J ^n,x   Andeen, K ^m,x   Atlee, D W ^v,x   Baccus, J ^m,x   Bahcall, J N ^r,x   Bai, X ^p,x   Baret, B ^b,x   Bartelt, M ^f,x   Barwick, S W ^i,x   Bay, R ^x,ab   Beattie, K ^x,ad   Becka, T ^n,x   Becker, J K ^f,x   Becker, K H ^x,y   Berghaus, P ^x,ae   Berley, D ^e,x   Bernardini, E ^x,z   Bertrand, D ^x,ae   Besson, D Z ^j,x   Blaufuss, E ^e,x   Boersma, D J ^m,x   Bohm, C ^t,x   Boser S ^x,z   Botner, O ^w,x   Bouchta, A ^w,x   Braun, J ^m,x   Burgess, C ^t,x   Burgess, T ^t,x   Castermans, T ^o,x   Cherwinka, J ^m,x   Chirkin, D ^x,ad   Clem, J ^p,x   Cowen, D F ^u,v,x   D'Agostino, M V ^x,ab   Davour, A ^w,x   Day, C T ^x,ad   De Clercq, C ^b,x   Demirors L ^p,x   Desiati, P ^m,x   DeYoung, T ^v,x   Diaz Velez, J C ^m,x   Dreyer, J ^f,x   Duvoort, M R ^a,x   Edwards, W R ^x,ad   Ehrlich, R ^e,x   Eisch, J ^s,x   Elcheikh, A ^m,x   Ellsworth, R W ^e,x   Evenson, P A ^p,x   Fadiran, O ^x,aa   Fazely, A R ^x,aa   Feser, T ^n,x   Filimonov, K ^x,ab   Fox, B D ^v,x   Gaisser, T K ^p,x   Gallagher, J ^l,x   Ganugapati, R ^m,x   Geenen, H ^x,y   Gerhardt, L ^i,x   Goldschmidt, A ^x,ad   Goodman, J A ^e,x   Gozzini, R ^n,x   Greene, M G ^v,x   Grullon, S ^m,x   Gross A ^h,x   Gunasingha, R M ^x,aa   Gurtner, M ^x,y   Hallgren, A ^w,x   Halzen, F ^m,x   Han, K ^d,x   Hanson, K ^m,x   Hardtke, D ^x,ab   Hardtke, R ^s,x   Harenberg, T ^x,y   Hart, J E ^v,x   Haugen, J ^m,x   Hauschildt, T ^p,x   Hays, D ^x,ad   Heise, J ^a,x   Helbing, K ^x,y   Hellwig, M ^n,x   Herquet, P ^o,x   Hill, G C ^m,x   Hodges, J ^m,x   Hoffman, K D ^e,x   Hoshina, K ^m,x   Hubert, D ^b,x   Hughey, B ^m,x   Hulth, P O ^t,x   Hultqvist, K ^t,x   Hundertmark, S ^t,x   Hulss J P ^x,y   Ishihara, A ^m,x   Jacobsen, J ^x,ad   Japaridze, G S ^x,aa   Jones, A ^x,ad   Joseph, J M ^x,ad   Kampert, K H ^x,y   Karle, A ^m,x   Kawai, H ^c,x   Kelley, J L ^m,x   Kestel, M ^v,x   Kitamura, N ^m,x   Klein, S R ^x,ad   Klepser, S ^x,z   Kohnen, G ^o,x   Kolanoski, H ^x,ac   Kopke L ^n,x   Krasberg, M ^m,x   Kuehn, K ^i,x   Landsman, H ^m,x   Laundrie, A ^m,x   Leich, H ^x,z   Liubarsky, I ^k,x   Lundberg, J ^w,x   Mackenzie, C ^m,x   Madsen, J ^s,x   Mase, K ^c,x   Matis, H S ^x,ad   McCauley, T ^x,ad   McParland, C P ^x,ad   Meli, A ^f,x   Messarius, T ^f,x   Meszaros P ^u,v,x   Miyamoto, H ^c,x   Mokhtarani, A ^x,ad   Montaruli, T ^m,x   Morey, A ^x,ab   Morse, R ^m,x   Movit, S M ^u,x   Munich K ^f,x   Muratas, A ^x,ad   Nahnhauer, R ^x,z   Nam, J W ^i,x   Niessen P ^p,x   Nygren, D R ^x,ad   Ogelman H ^m,x   Olbrechts, Ph ^b,x   Olivas, A ^e,x   Patton, S ^x,ad   Pena Garay C ^r,x   Perez de los Heros C ^w,x   Pettersen, C ^m,x   Piegsa, A ^n,x   Pieloth, D ^x,z   Pohl, A C ^w,x   Porrata, R ^x,ab   Pretz, J ^e,x   Price, P B ^x,ab   Przybylski, G T ^x,ad   Rawlins, K ^a,x   Razzaque, S ^u,v,x   Refflinghaus, F ^f,x   Resconi, E ^h,x   Rhode, W ^f,x   Ribordy, M ^o,x   Rizzo, A ^b,x   Robbins, S ^x,y   Rott, C ^v,x   Rutledge, D ^v,x   Sander, H G ^n,x   Sandstrom, P ^m,x   Sarkar, S ^q,x   Schlenstedt, S ^x,z   Schneider, D ^m,x   Seckel, D ^p,x   Seo, S H ^v,x   Seunarine, S ^d,x   Silvestri, A ^i,x   Smith, A J ^e,x   Solarz, M ^x,ab   Song, C ^m,x   Sopher, J E ^x,ad   Spiczak, G M ^s,x   Spiering, C ^x,z   Stamatikos, M ^m,x   Stanev, T ^p,x   Steffen, P ^x,z   Stezelberger, T ^x,ad   Stokstad, R G ^x,ad   Stoufer, M C ^x,ad   Stoyanov, S ^p,x   Strahler, E A ^m,x   Sulanke, K H ^x,z   Sullivan, G W ^e,x   Taboada, I ^x,ab   Tarasova, O ^x,z   Tepe, A ^x,y   Thollander, L ^t,x   Tilav, S ^p,x   Toale, P A ^v,x   Turcan D ^e,x   van Eijndhoven, N ^a,x   Vandenbroucke, J ^x,ab   Van Overloop, A ^g,x   Voigt, B ^x,z   Wagner, W ^f,x   Walck, C ^t,x   Waldmann, H ^x,z   Walter, M ^x,z   Wang, Y R ^m,x   Wendt, C ^m,x   Whitney, M ^m,x   Wiebusch, C H ^x,y   Wikstrom G ^t,x   Williams, D R ^v,x   Wischnewski, R ^x,z   Wisniewski, P ^m,x   Wissing, H ^x,z   Woschnagg, K ^x,ab   Xu, X W ^m,x   Yodh, G ^i,x   Yoshida, S ^c,x   Zornoza, J D ^m,x   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^h VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

ⁱ CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^k Bldg 142   (United States)

^l TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^q IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^s University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^t JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^v UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^x INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^z STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^aa PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ac UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^ae DESY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Amanda; Detection; First year; IceCube; IceTop; Neutrino; Performance; South pole

Indexed keywords

AMANDA; NEUTRINO; SOUTH POLE;

DATA REDUCTION; DETECTORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OBSERVATORIES; PRODUCT DESIGN; SENSORS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749513923     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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