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South Pole Telescope Follows Trail of Neutrinos

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IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 5 -- A unique telescope buried in Antarctic ice promises unparalleled insight into such extraordinary phenomena as colliding black holes, gamma-ray bursts, the violent cores of distant galaxies and the wreckage of exploded stars. An international team of physicists and astronomers report that the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) telescope is capable of tracking high-energy neutrinos -- elusive subatomic particles -- to their sources, which are emitted by these signature events. Their findings are published in the Feb. 1 issue of the Astrophysical...Read full article

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    Published: February 2003
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    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
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