Inside an IceCube string Credit: IceCube/NSF The deployment of each of the 86 IceCube strings lasted about 11 hours. In each one, 60 sensors (called DOMs) had to be quickly installed before the ice completely froze around them.
Ice Cube: Neutrino telescope at the South Pole
IceCube is a detector for high-energy neutrinos. Construction of the detector started during the 2004/2005 season. In its final configuration the detector consists of about 5160 optical modules with photomultiplier tubes sunk into the ice at a depths between 1400 and 2400 m. The 86 strings of optical modules fill a volume of approximately one cubic kilometer.
Last updated:
February 11, 2019
Source: Klas Hultqvist
