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IceCube

Astronomy & Astrophysics in Antarctic 2012 AAAC 11 May 2012 Scott Borg Division of Antarctic Sciences Office of Polar Programs National Science Foundation. ANT and PHY partnership, with international partners Observatory Complete, M&O and Science are underway

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IceCube

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  1. Astronomy & Astrophysics in Antarctic 2012AAAC 11 May 2012Scott BorgDivision of Antarctic SciencesOffice of Polar ProgramsNational Science Foundation

  2. ANT and PHY partnership, with international partners Observatory Complete, M&O and Science are underway Detector functioning better than anticipated GRB's are not the neutrino engines of existing models Support thru FY14 - major review in a year IceCube Initial 5 year SZE survey completed - many discoveries CMB constraints on re-ionization Exciting discoveries of structure of the early Universe Support thru FY13 - proposal for new work expected South Pole Telescope Significant constraint on Inflation First meaningful constraint on inflationary gravitational wave background from B-mode polarization Current support thru FY13, renewal proposal in review BiCEP, BiCEP2 and SPUD

  3. HEAT at Ridge A TeraHertz, robotic telescope at the Dome A summit Site is 200-km south of Chinese station Kunlun Successful testing; now into THz winter observations US and Australia Support thru FY14 NASA-NSF partnership since 1990; 47 flights Pioneering astrophysics and space physics payloads Agreement thru FY14 (2 more seasons) Anticipate continued interest from NASA Antarctic Long Duration Ballooning

  4. NRC Review of the USAP • OMB requested a high level review • Plan developed and implemented by OSTP and NSF • Part 1: NAS/NRC Review of Science Drivers. Report issued December 2011. • Part 2: Blue Ribbon Panel examining infrastructure: Is USAP structured appropriately to address the science drivers anticipated in the NRC report. Report anticipated July 2012. • Includes consideration of international and interagency partnerships.

  5. Challenges • Many opportunities - too many? • Stagnant budgets and increasing costs. • Better integration/partnerships and priority setting with other national investments in astronomy? • SPT after current project - what next? • - Transition to multi-user telescope? • IceCube M&O recompetition in FY15 – what next?

  6. Questions? Aurora behind the 10m South Pole Telescope Photo Credit: Dana Hrubes, SP Station Science Leader, 2010

  7. Questions?

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