AEA Technology’s 20/20 TDR found useful at the South Pole

The Project IceCube’s cable engineering team at the University of Wisconsin contacted AEA Technology in the fall of 2005. They were testing different TDRs and wanted to evaluate the 20/20 TDR for their project. We modified a unit and gave them the slight range extension they needed. We recently found out the international scientific scope of Project IceCube and they were kind enough to give us the following press release concerning the accuracy and reliability of our 20/20 TDR. The globe in the picture is a DOM (Digital Optical Module), one of dozens on each string called an AMANDA and all connected with the cables shown. All the cable testing was done with AEA Technology’s 20/20 TDR.

"Project IceCube is a massive undertaking to bury a neutrino tracking sensor array into extremely pure ice at the South Pole. Critical to retrieving the data are the cables connecting the strings of sensors buried over a mile deep in the ice. Project IceCube selected AEA Technology's 20/20 TDR to test those cables and connections. The 20/20 TDR proved vital to the repairs of a damaged cable at the pole helping us exceed our goal for buried sensor strings this year. The Project IceCube's cable engineering team has complete confidence in AEA Technology's 20/20 TDR to perform accurately and reliably, whether at the University of Wisconsin or at the South Pole.For more information on the Neutrino Observatory visit our web site at www.icecube.wisc.edu."

Project IceCube using AEA Technology's TDR 20/20