A New View of the Universe from the Earth's South Pole - Naoko Kurahashi Neilson Public Lecture

This public lecture explains how the IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects high-energy neutrinos in Antarctica and uses them to investigate cosmic sources such as blazars. It also discusses neutrino discoveries, source identification, angular resolution, and the challenges of large scientific collaborations.

Syllabus

Introduction
The Geographic South Pole
Why Im at the South Pole
Ice Cube
Computing Warehouse
Collaboration
Antarctica
Coastal Antarctica
South Pole Station
High energy neutrinos
Outer space stuff
The Thing
How do you know
Projection onto the sky
Spot searching map
What happened in 2018
What is a blazar
High energy neutrino
Second result
High energy alerts
More sources of neutrinos
We have discovered neutrinos
What makes these sources unique
Benefits and challenges of massive collaborations
How neutrinos decay
Angular resolution
Teachers and mentors
Why do science outreach
Speed round