Neutrino detectors in ice: results and perspectives

Abstract

The AMANDA neutrino detector has been in operation at the South Pole for several years. A number of searches for extraterrestrial sources of high energy neutrinos have been performed. A selection of results is presented in this paper. The much larger IceCube detector will extend the instrumented ice volume to a cubic kilometer and 9 out of 80 planned IceCube strings have been deployed to date. We present the status for both detectors.

arXiv comment15 pages, 12 figures (included), LaTex, LaThuileFPSpro.sty (included), talk given at "Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d'Aoste", March 5-11 2006, La Thuile (AO), Italy