Caption: A digital optical module (DOM) disappears down the first hole drilled for the National Science Foundation-supported project known as IceCube. When completed, 4,200 DOMs will be seeded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice, making IceCube the world’s largest scientific instrument.
Photo: John Jacobsen/courtesy IceCube
Date: 2005
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Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Illustration by: Dan Brennan.
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Caption: A total of 4,200 digital optical modules or DOMs, designed to sample high-energy neutrino particles from deep space, are being deployed in 70 deep holes in the Antarctic ice by an international team of scientists, engineers and technicians. Funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, IceCube is being built by an international consortium of universities and scientific laboratories.
Photo: courtesy Daan Hubert
Date: 2005
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Caption: Working under harsh Antarctic conditions, an international team of scientists, engineers and technicians is working to construct the first critical elements of IceCube, a $272 million massive neutrino telescope under construction at the South Pole. Funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, IceCube is being built by an international consortium of universities and scientific laboratories.
Photo: courtesy Forest Banks
Date: November 2004
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Caption: Pictured in the UW-Madison Physical Sciences Laboratory before being vacuum-sealed, each IceCube digital optical module or DOM is very much like a small computer. A total of 4,200 DOMs, designed to sample high-energy neutrino particles from deep space, are being deployed in 70 deep holes in the Antarctic ice.
Photo: Jeff Miller
Date: November 2004
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Caption: Engineers and technicians assemble a novel hot-water drill rig at the South Pole. The rig will be used to drill as many as 70 1.5-mile deep holes in the Antarctic ice as part of construction of the IceCube neutrino telescope. When completed, IceCube will be the world's largest scientific instrument and will be capable of detecting high-energy cosmic neutrinos from the deepest regions of space. Funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, IceCube is being built by an international consortium of universities and scientific laboratories.
Photo: courtesy Jeff Cherwinka
Date: 2005
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Caption: UW-Madison Physical Sciences Laboratory engineers Jim Hoffman (left) and Glen Gregerson prepare to vacuum-seal two halves of an IceCube digital optical module or DOM. The lab is one of three labs in the world that built the 4,200 DOMs that will make up the IceCube detector, a massive neutrino telescope now under construction at the South Pole.
Photo: Jeff Miller
Date: November 2004
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