Astroparticle Physics with the IceCube Neutrino and Cosmic Ray Observatory at the South Pole and a High-Energy Extension. Ghent University
Since the discovery of cosmic rays in 1912, we still don't know what the sources of these energetic charged particles are. Cosmic rays are observed via their interactions in the Earth atmosphere and to identify their sources one needs to determine the cosmic ray composition by measurements of the produced secondary particles. However, the discovery of cosmic high-energy neutrinos by IceCube has opened a new era, dubbed neutrino astronomy and ...