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Speaker: Naoko Kurahashi Neilson (Drexel) – Title: Neutrino Astronomy, From Dream to Reality
September 21, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Progress Meeting
Date: September 21, 2023
Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 [In-Person and HYBRID]
Speaker: Naoko Kurahashi Neilson (Drexel)
Title: Neutrino Astronomy, From Dream to Reality
Abstract: The Universe has been studied using light since the dawn of astronomy, when starlight captured the human eye. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the geographic South Pole, observes the Universe in a different and unique way: in high-energy neutrinos. IceCube’s discovery in 2013 of a diffuse celestial neutrino radiation started an era of neutrino astronomy. Searches for astronomical sources responsible for creating these neutrinos have covered broad source types while combating background event rates that are 6 orders of magnitude higher. This year, the first observation of our own Milky Way galaxy in neutrinos was announced in June. This talk will cover how this observation was made, other milestone observations by IceCube, and the state of neutrino astronomy.
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