Details on Acronym: IceCube | |
| IceCube | (IceCube) |
| Write: | <<IceCube -YYMMDDA>> <<IceCube {HESE|EHE} NNNNNNNN NNNNNNNN>> <<IceCube YYYYMMDDA>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature) <<IceCube {HESE|EHE} NNNNNNNN_NNNNNNNN>> |
| Object: | Neutrino event (SIMBAD class: Transient = Transient Event) |
| Note: | Neutrino events detected with the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory. IceCube searches for neutrinos from the most violent astrophysical sources: events like exploding stars, gamma-ray bursts, and cataclysmic phenomena involving black holes and neutron stars. The format HESE or EHE NNNNNNNN NNNNNN gives the event number followed by the run number, in the HESE (High Energy Starting Event) program or EHE (Extremely High Energy) program. For more information, visit: http://icecube.wisc.edu/ |
| Origin | of the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s) |