The DEPARTMENT OF
PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
presents
IceCube: The
Telescope at
the End of
the World
Wednesday
October 28th, 2026
Seminar Talk: 1:30 pm
Tracy Hall Science Center
Room 102
Vedant Basu, PhD
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory recently celebrated 15
years of discoveries in the field of particle astrophysics with
the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Professor
Francis Halzen at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
IceCube's discovery of the cosmic neutrino flux led to the
rapid development of multiple analyses of this window into
the hidden universe, and a complementary channel to
existing gamma ray and cosmic ray observations.
This talk will cover the analysis of cosmic neutrinos and
recent results from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. We
cover techniques to measure the astrophysical neutrino
spectrum and what recent results unveil about the dynamics
of neutrino sources in cosmic ray accelerators. We will also
investigate specific neutrino sources, including the most
recent analyses of neutrino emission from the plane of the
Milky Way. IceCube has also performed measurements of
neutrino oscillation parameters, and the upcoming IceCube
Upgrade aims to boost the sensitivity of these studies.
