IceCube Neutrino Observatory Maintenance and Operations

冰立方中微子探测器/望远镜项目是国际范围的，来自比利时、德国和瑞典的外国合作伙伴参与了探测器的建设，并计划为M&amp；O的努力做出贡献。在2004-2007年南极非常成功的建造季节之后，计划中的冰立方阵列数字光学模块（DOMs）的30%现在已经部署在南极的深冰中，并且现在能够进行有限的科学操作。即使完成了30%，冰立方仍然是下一代中微子望远镜中的第一个，能够达到探测宇宙中微子源所需的曝光，这些中微子的能量范围从太电子伏特到几十千兆电子伏特，有些甚至达到了亿电子伏特甚至更高。拟议的M&amp；O合同将提供以下方面所需的基础设施：(1)维护和运行冰立方中微子探测器；(2)维护和升级数据分析所需的软件和计算支持；(3)确保所收集数据的完整性；(4)支持特定的研发工作，以优化现有探测器，并管理现有阵列潜在扩展的技术接口；(5)为核心的中央工作人员提供支持，以确保业务的连续性；6)协调教育和推广活动。支持将包括为南极站的冰立方系统的运行和美国机构的中央M&amp；O活动提供资金。由于冰立方是一个国际项目，M&amp； 0的费用将根据协议按比例承担，使用美国和非美国支持的博士研究人员的数量。资助机构，使用现金或实物服务。拟议项目的广泛影响涵盖三个重要领域：目前探测器建设之外的科学和科学基础设施，远程和分布式环境中的计算和数据管理，以及教育和推广。

ANT-063986 IceCube Maintenance and OperationsPI: Francis Halzen, University of Wisconsin-MadisonThe IceCube Neutrino Detector/Telescope project is international in scope, with foreign partners from Belgium, Germany, and Sweden contributing to the detector construction and planning to contribute to the M&O effort. Following very successful construction seasons at the South Pole in 2004-2007, 30% of the planned IceCube array Digital Optical Modules (DOMs) are now deployed in the deep ice at Pole, and is now capable of limited operations for science. Even at 30% completion, IceCube is the first of a next-generation of neutrino telescopes capable of reaching exposures required to detect sources of cosmic neutrinos with energies ranging from tera-electron volts to tens of peta-electron volts, with some reach to exa-electron volts and beyond. The proposed M&O award would provide infrastructure needed to: (1) maintain and operate the IceCube Neutrino Detector; (2) maintain and upgrade the software and computing support required for data analysis; (3) ensure the integrity of the collected data; (4) support specific research & development (R&D) efforts to optimize the existing detector and to manage the technical interfaces with potential expansions of the existing array; (5) provide support for a core central staff to ensure continuity of operations; and 6) coordinate education and outreach activities. Support would include funding for operation of IceCube systems at the South Pole Station and central M&O activities in the U.S. institutions. Since IceCube is an international project, the cost of M&O is to be born by agreement on a pro rata basis using the number of PhD researchers supported by the U.S. and non-U.S. funding agencies, using either cash or in-kind services. Broader impacts of the proposed project cover three important areas: science and scientific infrastructure beyond current detector construction, computing and data management in remote and distributed environments, and education and outreach.