Carlos Pobes is a Senior Scientist, Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (INMA, CSIC – UNIZAR)
Abstract: In this seminar, we will learn about the peculiarities of a large facility, the Amundsen-Scott scientific base at the South Pole, and then explore one of the unique experiments installed there, the IceCube neutrino telescope. We will discuss the motivation for placing this instrument there and the results it has produced over the past decade. These results, together with the detection of gravitational waves, are opening up new ways of observing the Universe. Finally, we will learn about the experience of maintaining this facility for a year under such extreme conditions.
Thursday, October 17, 12 noon, Nuclear Physics seminar