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Proc. Neutrino Astrophysics - MPP Theory Group

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<strong>Neutrino</strong> Astronomy with AMANDA<br />

Ch. Wiebusch 1 (for the AMANDA Collaboration 2 )<br />

1 DESY IfH Zeuthen, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen (wiebusch@ifh.de)<br />

2 http://amanda.berkeley.edu/<br />

Introduction<br />

The AMANDA experiment plans the construction of a neutrino detector of about 1 km 3 size<br />

(ICECUBE). Deep (> 2 km) holes are melted into the thick ice-cover of Antarctica at the<br />

South Pole. Large (8 inch) photomultiplier tubes, embedded in glass pressure housings, are<br />

attached to an electro-optical cable (vertical separation of 10–20 m) and lowered into the hole<br />

before re-freezing starts. By deploying several of these “strings” a 3 dimensional matrix of<br />

optical sensors is achieved.<br />

Figure 1: The AMANDA-A and AMANDA-B detectors.<br />

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“AMANDA-A” (1994)<br />

“AMANDA-B” (1997)

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