B Charge to the Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee
The Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee will review and assess the scientific merit of IceCube and other proposed U.S. neutrino detectors— neutrino detectors associated with deep underground research laboratories and large volume detectors, such as IceCube—in the context of current and planned neutrino research capabilities throughout the world. Specifically, the study will address the unique capabilities of each class of new experiments and any possible redundancy between these two types of facilities. The review will also include: (1) the identification of the major science problems that could be addressed with cubic-kilometer-class neutrino observatories; (2) the identification of the major science problems that could be addressed with a deep underground science laboratory neutrino detector; and, (3) an assessment of the scientific importance of these problems and the extent to which they can be addressed with existing, soon to be completed, or planned facilities around the world.
