Open AccessStatus and Future of Neutrino Astronomy and the Global Neutrino Network
Author(s) -
C. Spiering
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1690/1/012178
Subject(s) - neutrino , physics , neutrino detector , neutrino astronomy , sketch , cosmic cancer database , astronomy , cosmic ray , flux (metallurgy) , detector , neutrino oscillation , computer science , particle physics , algorithm , materials science , optics , metallurgy
Attempts to build neutrino telescopes at the cubic kilometre scale date back to the 1970s. It took until 2010 when the first detector of this size, IceCube, started data taking. In 2013, IceCube has detected a diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos, and in 2017 first evidence for an individual source has been obtained. In-depth exploration of the landscape of the high-energy neutrino universe requires even larger detectors, and it requires detectors on both hemispheres of the Earth. Two devices on the Northern hemisphere are currently under construction and started data taking with initial configurations. Further progress in the field calls for global coordination. The instrument to achieve worldwide cooperation and coordination is the Global Neutrino Network, GNN. This review includes a sketch of goals and achievements of GNN.