The IceCube Collaboration : Contributions to the 31 st International Cosmic Ray Conference *
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IceCube is a 1 km neutrino telescope currently under construction at the South Pole. The detector will consist of 5160 optical sensors deployed at depths between 1450 m and 2450 m in clear Antarctic ice evenly distributed over 86 strings. An air shower array covering a surface area of 1 km above the in-ice detector will measure cosmic ray air showers in the energy range from 300 TeV to above 1 EeV. The detector is designed to detect neutrinos of all flavors: νe, νμ and ντ. With 59 strings currently in operation, construction is 67% complete. Based on data taken to date, the observatory meets its design goals. Selected results will be presented.
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