Exploring the high-energy neutrino universe from the south pole - Results from amanda and status of icecube

Woschnagg, K.; Ackermann, M.; Ahrens, J.; Atlee, D. W.; Bai, X.; Bay, R.; Bartelt, M.; Barwick, S. W.; Becka, T.; Becker, K. -H.; Becker, J. K.; Bernardini, E.; Bertrand, D.; Boersma, D. J.; Boser, S.; Botner, O.; Bouchta, A.; Bouhali, O.; Braun, J.; Burgess, C.; Burgess, T.; Castermans, T.; Chirkin, D.; Coarasa, J. A.; Collin, B.; Conrad, J.; Cooley, J.; Cowen, D. F.; Davour, A.; De Clercq, C.; Deyoung, T.; Desiati, P.; Ekstrom, P.; Feser, T.; Gaisser, T. K.; Ganugapati, R.; Geenen, H.; Davour, A.; Goldschmidt, A.; Gross, A.; Hallgren, A.; Halzen, F.; Hanson, K.; Hardtke, D.; Hardtke, R.; Harenberg, T.; Hauschildt, T.; Helbing, K.; Hellwig, M.; Herquet, P.; Hill, G. C.; Hodges, J.; Hubert, D.; Hughey, B.; Hulth, P. O.; Hultqvist, K.; Hundertmark, S.; Jacobsen, J.; Kampert, K. -H.; Karle, A.; Kelley, J.; Kestel, M.; Kopke, L.; Kowalski, M.; Krasberg, M.; Kuehn, K.; Lang, R.; Leich, H.; Leuthold, M.; Lundberg, J.; Madsen, J.; Mandli, K.; Marciniewski, P.; Matis, H. S.; Mcparland, C. P.; Messarius, T.; Minaeva, Y.; Miocinovic, P.; Morse, R.; Munich, K.; Nahnhauer, R.; Nam, J. W.; Neunhoffer, T.; Niessen, P.; Nygren, D. R.; Olbrechts, Ph.; Perez De Los Heros, C.; Pieloth, D.; Pohl, A. C.; Porrata, R.; Price, P. B.; Przybylski, G. T.; Rawlins, K.; Resconi, E.; Rhode, W.; Ribordy, M.; Richter, S.; Sander, H. -G.; Schinarakis, K.; Schlenstedt, S.; Schneider, D.; Schwarz, R.; Seo, S. H.; Silvestri, A.; Solarz, M.; Spiczak, G. M.; Spiering, C.; Stamatikos, M.; Steele, D.; Steffen, P.; Stokstad, R. G.; Sulanke, K. -H.; Taboada, I.; Tarasova, O.; Thollander, L.; Tilav, S.; Vandenbroucke, J.; Voicu, L. C.; Voigt, B.; Wagner, W.; Walck, C.; Walter, M.; Wang, Y. R.; Wiebusch, C. H.; Wischnewski, R.; Wissing, H.; Woschnagg, K.; Yodh, G.

The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) is a neutrino telescope embedded deep in the 2.8 km-thick polar icecap at the South Pole. AMANDA aims to detect high-energy cosmic neutrinos from sources where the highest-energy cosmic rays are produced and accelerated. We present recent results from AMANDA on searches for high-energy neutrinos of extraterrestrial origin. We have searched for a diffuse flux of neutrinos, neutrino point sources, and neutrinos from GRBs and from WIMP annihilations in the Sun or the center of the Earth. We also present a preliminary result on the first energy spectrum above a few TeV for atmospheric neutrinos. The status of IceCube, the km3-sized successor to AMANDA, is reviewed after its first successful construction season.