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Good Bye, AMANDA !

Good Bye, AMANDA !. 1988: Ed Zeller (Kansas)  Francis. Neutrinos in icecap ?. John Learned. 1988: Pomerantz workshop, NSF Science and Technology Center for the South Pole (Andrew Westphal, Tim Miller, Doug Lowder, Buford Price) 1989: attempt of Westphal and Lowder to

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Good Bye, AMANDA !

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  1. Good Bye, AMANDA !

  2. 1988: Ed Zeller (Kansas)  Francis Neutrinos in icecap ? John Learned

  3. 1988: Pomerantz workshop, NSF Science and Technology Center for the South Pole (Andrew Westphal, Tim Miller, Doug Lowder, Buford Price) 1989: attempt of Westphal and Lowder to measure ice transparency in existing boreholes Jan. 89, ICRC, Adelaide: Decide to propose Amanda (Buford Price, Doug Lowder, Steve Barwick, Bob Morse, Francis Halzen, Alan Watson)

  4. Greenland, August 13-16th 1990 + Bob Morse Bruce Koci Tim Miller

  5. Nature Sept 91

  6. The success of AMANDA stood on two pillars: the Amundsen Scott Station and Bruce Koci. Bruce Koci ( 2006)

  7. South Pole Summer 91/92

  8. 1993 Serap Bob

  9. 1993

  10. South Pole 93/94 AMANDA-A Sweden joins (Stockholm, Uppsala)

  11. Pat Mock Igor Liubarsky

  12. 1 km 2 km 93/94 40 m CATASTROPHAL DELAY OF LIGHT !

  13. BUBBLES ! Vostok Data Venice 1994

  14. 1 km 2 km 93/94 40 m But the photomultipliers are ticking like Swiss watches !

  15. „Amanda is nothing more than a big calorimeter“ • „This is what Amanda sees ! • „You are a son of a bitch!“ • Sounds interesting!  DESY joins

  16. „Amanda is nothing more than a big calorimeter“ • „This is what Amanda sees ! • „You are a son of a bitch!“ • Sounds interesting!  DESY joins

  17. „Amanda is nothing more than a big calorimeter“ • „… and this is what DUMAND sees !“ • „You are a son of a bitch!“ • Sounds interesting!  DESY joins

  18. „Amanda is nothing more than a big calorimeter“ • „….and this is what DUMAND sees !“ • „You are a son of a bitch!“ • Sounds interesting  DESY joins

  19. „Amanda is nothing more than a big calorimeter“ • „….and this is what DUMAND sees !“ • „You are a son of a bitch!“ • Sounds interesting  DESY joins !

  20. DESY 1995

  21. 1995/96

  22. Albrecht Pat Mock

  23. Christian Albrecht Albrecht fighting with the drill cable

  24. Peter Wallenberg

  25. Then Now

  26. B4: first 2 neutrinos 

  27. Astroparticle Physics 2000

  28. The AMANDA collaboration end of the nineties + Mainz + Wuppertal + Brussels + Mons

  29. 1996/97 String 5-10 AMANDA-B10

  30. The EVA event 1 km 2 km IceCube will work ! 96/97 AMANDA - B10 120 m

  31. NATURE 2001

  32. No George Smoot! NATURE 2001

  33. Skyplot of the very first 17 Nu candidates in B10 B10 skyplot published in Nature 2001

  34. Winterovers 1997 Robert Gary

  35. 1 km 0.02 0.1 0.5 Scattering coefficient (1/m) vs. depth 97/98  3 long strings  study deep and shallow ice for future IceCube 2 km 120 m

  36. 1 km The gain drop problem ! 97/98  3 long strings  study deep and shallow ice for future IceCube 2 km 120 m

  37. 1999-2000 String 14-19 AMANDA-II

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