| Name: | Paras Koundal |
| Affiliation: | Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware |
| Conference ID: | ASI2025_167 |
| Title: | Scientific Highlights from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| Authors: | Paras Koundal for IceCube Collaboration |
| Authors Affiliation: | Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware |
| Mode of Presentation: | Oral |
| Abstract Category: | High Energy Phenomena, Fundamental Physics and Astronomy |
| Abstract: | The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer observatory located at the South Pole. It is designed to probe the universe's most extreme environments, by detecting astrophysical messengers like neutrinos and cosmic rays from their sources. The talk will provide an overview of the IceCube Observatory, and key scientific achievements. Prominent scientific results like identifying astrophysical neutrino sources, mapping of the Galactic Plane in neutrinos, energy spectra of diffuse neutrino flux, and insights into cosmic-ray anisotropy and composition will be highlighted. IceCube's role as a leading multi-messenger observatory and its contribution to particle physics through research areas like neutrino oscillation will also be covered. The talk will also discuss ongoing and planned detector upgrades, such as the IceCube Upgrade and IceCube-Gen2, which will enhance the sensitivity, measurement accuracy, and increase the aperture at the highest energies. |
