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Nobel Physics Prize Draws Personal Reflections From Neutrino 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 announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics has prompted scientists with ties to neutrino telescope research to share personal stories online. A physicist recalled travelling twice to the South Pole as a PhD student to calibrate the AMANDA-II detector, a precursor to IceCube, and described working alongside Francis Halzen, whose neutrino astronomy work underpins the field. Researchers say the award recognises decades of effort building detectors at the South Pole.
Why now: The Nobel Prize in Physics announcement is prompting scientists connected to the winning work to share their personal accounts.
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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 · 26
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