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Nobel Physics Prize stirs memories for IceCube-era researchers
Original: Today’s Nobel Prize in Physics feels deeply personal. As a Ph.D. student, I travelled twice to the South Pole to work on
The day's Nobel Prize in Physics is drawing personal reactions from researchers who worked on early neutrino detection at the South Pole. One physicist who helped calibrate the AMANDA-II detector, a forerunner of the IceCube neutrino observatory, described the award as deeply personal, recalling two research trips to the South Pole and citing IceCube spokesperson Francis Halzen's influence on her career.
Why now: The newly announced Nobel Prize in Physics honours work in neutrino astronomy that researchers who built early detectors like AMANDA-II feel directly connected to.
Nobel Prize in PhysicsIceCubeAMANDA-IISouth PoleFrancis Halzen
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- Today’s Nobel Prize in Physics feels deeply personal. As a Ph.D. student, I travelled twice to the South Pole to work on AMANDA-II, helping calibrate and maintain the detector that helped lay the foundation for IceCube and neutrino astronomy. Francis Halzen was one of my… · jodi@mastodon.cooleysekula.net · 13
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