The Maryland Particle Astrophysics group is involved in three pioneering experiments in this exciting field. The water Cerenkov detector, called Milagro, the Super Kamiokande experiment which is designed to study nucleon decay, solar neutrinos and supernovae neutrinos and our newest endeavor, the IceCube Experiment which is a one-cubic-kilometer international high-energy neutrino observatory being built and installed in the clear deep ice below the South Pole Station.
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Particle Astrophysics News
University of Maryland Physicists Play Essential Role in Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos
They helped design and build the IceCube Neutrino Observatory’s data storage, analysis and real-time alert systems, and they currently play a major role in operating the observatory and analyzing...
Kara Hoffman Named Chair of Department of Physics
Professor Kara Hoffman was named chair of the Department of Physics, effective July 1, 2026. “Kara Hoffman brings to this role a record of scholarly achievement and an understanding of the...
Summer at Summit Station
For most graduate students, research trips primarily mean conferences. For Aishwarya Vijai, it meant a month at Summit Station, Greenland, deep inside the Arctic Circle. Summit Station is located...
