Author Archives: Alisa King-Klemperer

Jim Madsen retires after 25 years with neutrinos

Jim Madsen. Credit: Michael Hoch Jim Madsen, interim director of the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics [...]

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WIPAC and IceCube graced by royalty at 2024 SIAM Physics Congress

Last month, the 19th annual SIAM Physics Congress was held in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, [...]

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A novel technique to search for ultra-high-energy photons using the Pierre Auger Observatory

Cosmic rays, the highest energy particles of the universe, bombard Earth from all directions and [...]

WIPAC researchers set new limits on the origins of the Galactic neutrino emission detected by IceCube

Neutrinos are tiny, nearly massless particles that travel cosmological distances unhindered, acting as messengers that [...]

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Sánchez Scholars, Mann Scholars learn about potential careers in STEM as they tour WIPAC

This story was originally published by Madison365. About 30 students from across the Madison Metropolitan [...]

Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla receives prestigious 2021-2022 Rajib Goyal Prize

Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla was recently awarded the 2021-2022 Rajib Goyal Prize in Physical Sciences, which [...]

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WIPAC, UW–Madison Physics Department host after-school program

Last week, 23 participants and their family members gathered for an evening of presentations and [...]

Improving in-ice particle shower models for reconstruction of IceCube events

The IceCube neutrino detector, embedded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice, searches for high-energy [...]

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WIPAC scientists meet with educators to develop an astrophysics video game

Last week, scientists from the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) met with librarians, teachers, [...]

First field season for IceCube Upgrade ongoing at the South Pole

Over the past two months, a team of IceCube drill engineers have completed an impressive [...]