Illustration Showing Optical Sensor Modules Called Digital Optical Modules (DOMs), Which Were Installed within the Antarctic Ice Sheet to Detect Neutrinos

Abstract

 This neutrino detector is called IceCube. 86 strings are evenly buried under a hexagonal area of 1 km². On each string, 60 DOMs are attached vertically at depths between 1450 m and 2540 m. While DOMs of various sizes exist, those used for IceCube are around 35 cm in diameter.
(Cover: ©IceCube Collaboration; Explanation: Satoru HONDA, Hiroyuki TANAKA and Kotoyo HOSHINA)