{"id":1471,"date":"2024-02-18T13:27:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T07:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:08:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:38:08","slug":"q-in-the-context-of-modern-scientific-research-consider-the-following-statements-about-lcecube-a-particle-detector-located-at-south-pole-which-was-recently-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-the-context-of-modern-scientific-research-consider-the-following-statements-about-lcecube-a-particle-detector-located-at-south-pole-which-was-recently-in-the-news","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following statements about \u2018lceCube\u2019, a particle detector located at South Pole, which was recently in the news:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the world\u2019s largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a powerful telescope to search for dark matter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is buries deep in the ice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(d) 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"icecube-neutrino-observatory\"><strong>IceCube Neutrino Observatory<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The IceCube Neutrino Observatory (or simply IceCube) is a<strong>&nbsp;neutrino observatory constructed at the Amundsen\u2013Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica<\/strong>. The project is a recognized&nbsp;<strong>CERN experiment<\/strong>&nbsp;(RE10). Its thousands of sensors are located under the Antarctic ice,&nbsp;<strong>distributed over a cubic kilometre.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Similar to its predecessor, the Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA), IceCube consists of spherical optical sensors called&nbsp;<strong>Digital Optical Modules (DOMs)<\/strong>, each with a photomultiplier tube (PMT) and a&nbsp;<strong>single-board data acquisition computer&nbsp;<\/strong>which sends digital data to the counting house on the surface above the array. IceCube was completed on 18 December 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DOMs are deployed on strings of 60 modules each at depths between 1,450 and 2,450 meters into holes melted in the ice using a hot water drill.&nbsp;<strong>IceCube is designed to look for point sources of neutrinos in the teraelectronvolt (TeV) range to explore the highest-energy astrophysical processes.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IceCube is part of a series of projects developed and&nbsp;<strong>supervised by the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>Antarctic neutrino observatory<\/strong>, which also includes the<strong>&nbsp;surface array IceTop<\/strong>&nbsp;and the<strong>&nbsp;dense infill array DeepCore,<\/strong>&nbsp;was designed as a multipurpose experiment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IceCube collaborators address several big questions in physics, like the&nbsp;<strong>nature of dark matter and the properties of the neutrino<\/strong>&nbsp;itself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IceCube also observes&nbsp;<strong>cosmic rays that interact with the Earth\u2019s atmosphere<\/strong>, which have revealed&nbsp;<strong>fascinating structures that are not presently understood<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exciting new research conducted by the<strong>&nbsp;collaboration is opening a new window for exploring our universe<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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