Speaker
Erin O'Sullivan
(Stockholm University)
Description
The IceCube experiment is a cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino observatory that uses
photosensors embedded in the ice near the South Pole. IceCube was built primarily to
search for astrophysical neutrinos originating from some of the most energetic
processes in the Universe. In 2013, IceCube conclusively showed the detection of
astrophysical neutrinos, however the hunt for a specific source of neutrino emission
has proved elusive. In this talk, I will discuss our recent efforts to identify sources of
astrophysical neutrinos, including the recent search for neutrinos in coincidence with
the binary neutron star merger detected by LIGO.
Primary author
Erin O'Sullivan
(Stockholm University)
