https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6369-9
Review
Probing particle physics with IceCube
1
Niels Bohr International Academy and Discovery Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
2
Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany
3
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 75120, Uppsala, Sweden
* e-mail: cph@physics.uu.se
Received:
15
June
2018
Accepted:
22
October
2018
Published online:
13
November
2018
The IceCube observatory located at the South Pole is a cubic-kilometre optical Cherenkov telescope primarily designed for the detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. IceCube became fully operational in 2010, after a seven-year construction phase, and reached a milestone in 2013 by the first observation of cosmic neutrinos in the TeV–PeV energy range. This observation does not only mark an important breakthrough in neutrino astronomy, but it also provides a new probe of particle physics related to neutrino production, mixing, and interaction. In this review we give an overview of the various possibilities how IceCube can address fundamental questions related to the phenomena of neutrino oscillations and interactions, the origin of dark matter, and the existence of exotic relic particles, like monopoles. We will summarize recent results and highlight future avenues.
© The Author(s), 2018
