Objective Neutrino telescopes will open a new window to the Universe. Up to now, photons and cosmic rays have been the probes used to observe cosmic phenomena. However, there are important limitations for these messengers. Photons are absorbed by matter, the infrared radiation and the microwave radiation, so that they cannot reach us from very distant or very dense sources. Protons and nuclei are deflected by magnetic fields, so that directional information is lost. In this scenario, neutrinos arise like a promising new tool in the multi-messenger Astronomy because they are neutral, stable and only interact weakly. In order to detect cosmic neutrinos, very large detectors are needed. The major projects in this field are AMANDA, in the South Pole, and ANTARES and NE STOR in the Mediterranean Sea. AMANDA has provided important contributions to Astrophysics, such us the new limits to the neutrino flux. This collaboration has also shown that this kind of telescopes is feasible and has encouraged the planning of the next step: IceCube, which will be a larger (one cubic kilometre) and improved version of AMANDA. Several European institutes (from Germany, Sweden, Belgium and the U.K.) are active members of these Euro-American collaborations. ANTARES and NESTOR are European projects. Both experiments will deploy a neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea to show the feasibility of detecting neutrinos undersea. As in the case of AMANDA, it is planned to go further in this way, with a cubic kilometre telescope, the KM3Net project. The work of the applicant will be twofold. He will analyse the data of AMANDA and will perform Monte Carlo simulations to establish the performances of IceCube. In this work, the experience of the researcher in ANTARES for four years will be extremely useful. On the other hand, AMANDA and IceCube will be an ideal training with a view at the return to the European neutrino telescopes ANTARES and KM3Net. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsneutrinosnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencenatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyastrophysicsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyobservational astronomynatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons Keywords neutrino telescope undersea Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-2.2 - Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF) Call for proposal FP6-2002-MOBILITY-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme OIF - Marie Curie actions-Outgoing International Fellowships Coordinator CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Address Serrano, 117 Madrid Spain See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON United States EU contribution € 0,00 Address 4th floor peterson building, 750 university avenue Madison, wi See on map Links Website Opens in new window
