AMANDA and IceCube are neutrino detectors located deep in the Antarctic
ice at the South Pole. The aim of the project is to search for
neutrinos from astrophysical origin.
I joined the project in 2000 with financing from the FWO (Krediet aan
Navorsers, onderzoeksproject). My interest is the search for neutrinos
from dark matter accumulated in the Earth or the Sun.
The IIHE team and its activities in AMANDA and IceCube are described here.
The DELPHI data taken between 1998 and 2000 at energies ranging from
189 to 206 GeV have been analysed to measure the Spin Density Matrix of
the reaction e+e- -> W+ W- . The measurement of the SDM as function
of the W- production angle was used to extract the fraction of
longitudinally polarised Ws and the CP-conserving and CP-violating
Triple Gauge boson Couplings (TGC).