IceCube Display

IceCube Display
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Development of the eight cubic foot model of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory began as an optimization of an eariler model used by WIPAC for education and outreach. That version had one light per twenty DOMs represented in the IceCube array. One of the main goals of the newer version was to create a display with a 1-to-1 mapping from the IceCube array DOM's to the model LED's. TO achieve this custom printed circuit boards were developed for the interfacing of the LED's, and specialized software was developed. Later the software was modified to allow input from IceCube's data viewing program SteamShovel. A sonification module was also added to the display software so events could be heard as well as seen. The new design proved effective and revealed potential improvements that could be made for the visual identification of events for the purposes of scientific analysis. The display has been used in several exhibitions for educations and outreach events in the last 18 months, even while it was undergoing many refinements and improvements in the process.