It employs a cubic kilometer of diamond-clear ice, more than a mile beneath the surface, to detect an elementary particle known as the neutrino. Amundsen-Scott Research Station at the geographic South Pole, IceCube is unlike most telescopes in that it is not designed to detect light. In The Telescope in the Ice, Mark Bowen tells the amazing story of the people who built the instrument and the science involved. The IceCube Observatory has been called the "weirdest" of the seven wonders of modern astronomy by Scientific American. Crossing the threshold - Epilogue: The dawn of multi-messenger astronomy. The real thing - Sometimes you get what you ask for - No new starts - The coming of Yeck - Failure and success - As quickly as it all began. Touching the mystery - Solid-state DUMAND - Enter Bruce - The crossover - A supernova of science - Doubling down - Glory days - Night on the ice - The first nus - The Peacock and Eva events - Y2K at Pole - Part IV. The dream of neutrino astronomy - Wisconsin-style physics - Peaceful exploration by interested scientists throughout the world - Science at its best - Part III. The birth and youth of the neutrino - This crazy child - Infancy and youth - From poltergeist to particle - Part II.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-415) and index. Viii, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations 25 cmĪstronomical observatories - Antarctica.
The telescope in the ice : inventing a new astronomy at the South Pole / Mark Bowen.
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