IceCube Maintenance and Operations 2010-2015

该项目涵盖了在MREFFC项目下完成86弦阵列的建造和部署后维护和操作（M O）IceCube中微子天文台的概念和技术细节。威斯康星州大学（UW）提供了他们的证明方法，提供M O冰立方基于他们的经验，从两个建设的探测器，并开始其部分操作。形成这一项目的经验教训包括需要：（1）为分散和集中管理的活动提供资源，以及（2）为“实物”和机构捐助提供额外的问责机制;这两项都是确保探测器保持其能力以产生达到探测器科学发现目标所需水平的高质量科学数据所必需的。该项目利用了通过UW-Madison集中资助的核心M O任务和通过IceCube合作机构支持的“实物”任务之间的平衡。IceCube研究的成功将通过广泛传播数据和发现，在许多层面上加强科学和技术理解。IceCube M O和科学数据分析的拟议分布式模型导致各级教育机会和指导，从本科生到博士后研究人员，以及广泛的学科，包括运营，管理，工程，计算和科学研究。IceCube是一个独特的探测器，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.