IceCube Maintenance and Operations 2010-2015

本项目涵盖冰立方中微子天文台的概念和技术细节，在mrefffc项目下的86串阵列的建设和部署完成后，维护和运行（M&amp；O）。威斯康辛大学（UW）根据他们建造探测器和开始部分运行的经验，提出了他们为冰立方提供M&amp；O的行之有效的方法。形成本项目的经验教训包括需要：(1)分配活动和中央管理活动的资源，以及(2)“实物”和机构捐助的额外问责机制；两者都是必要的，以确保探测器保持其产生高质量科学数据的能力，达到探测器科学发现目标所需的水平。该项目利用了核心M&amp；O任务之间的平衡，这些任务是通过威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校集中资助的，而“实物”任务是通过冰立方合作机构支持的。冰立方研究的成功将通过数据和发现的广泛传播，在许多层面上加强科学和技术的理解。拟议的冰立方M&amp；O和科学数据分析的分布式模型为从本科生到博士后研究人员，以及包括运营、管理、工程、计算和科学研究在内的广泛学科提供了教育机会和指导。冰立方是一个独特的探测器，它激发了新一代科学家和工程师的创新能力，通过应用关于宇宙的新知识来解决最棘手的科学问题。

This project covers the concept and technical details of maintaining and operating (M&O) the IceCube Neutrino Observatory upon the completion of construction and deployment of the 86-string array under the MREFFC project. The University of Wisconsin (UW) offers their proven approach to providing M&O for IceCube based on their experience from both constructing the detector and starting its partial operation. Learned lessons that shaped this project include the need for: (1) resources for both distributed and centrally managed activities, and (2) additional accountability mechanisms for "in-kind" and institutional contributions; both are necessary to ensure that the detector maintains its capability to produce quality scientific data at the level required to achieve the detector's scientific discovery objectives. The project exploits a balance between the Core M&O tasks that are centrally funded through UW-Madison, and the "in-kind" tasks that are supported through the IceCube Collaborating Institutions. The success of the IceCube research will enhance scientific and technological understanding on many levels through broad dissemination of data and discoveries. The proposed distributed model of the IceCube M&O and scientific data analyses results in educational opportunities and mentoring at all levels, from undergraduates to postdoctoral researchers, and in a broad set of disciplines including operations, management, engineering, computing, and scientific research. IceCube is a unique detector that inspires innovative capacities of a new generation of scientists and engineers to solve the most vexing scientific problems by applying new knowledge about the Universe.