IceCube Maintenance and Operations 2010-2015

该项目包括在MREFFC项目下86串阵列的建造和部署完成后维护和操作(M&amp；O)冰立方中微子观测站的概念和技术细节。威斯康星大学(UW)根据他们在建造探测器和开始部分运行方面的经验，提供了为IceCube提供M&Amp；O的成熟方法。影响该项目的经验教训包括：(1)需要(1)为分散和集中管理的活动提供资源，(2)为“实物”和机构捐助提供额外的问责机制；这两种机制都是确保探测器保持其能力以实现探测器的科学发现目标所需的水平产生高质量科学数据所必需的。该项目利用了通过威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校集中资助的核心M&Amp；O任务和通过IceCube合作机构支持的“实物”任务之间的平衡。冰立方研究的成功将通过广泛传播数据和发现，在许多层面上增进对科学和技术的了解。拟议的冰立方M&Amp；O分布式模式和科学数据分析带来了所有级别的教育机会和指导，从本科生到博士后研究人员，以及包括运营、管理、工程、计算机和科学研究在内的广泛学科。冰立方是一种独特的探测器，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.