The Cosmic Neutrino Era — Part 1: 2013 — Bert and Ernie, the first PeV events
Two PeV-scale neutrino cascades detected by IceCube in 2012 established cosmic high-energy neutrinos as a real astrophysical phenomenon.
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Bert and Ernie: the 2013 IceCube events that opened the high-energy universe
In April 2013, the IceCube collaboration announced two extraordinarily energetic neutrinos, nicknamed after Sesame Street characters. They were the first cosmic neutrinos ever caught — and the start of high-energy neutrino astronomy.