NuBE is a search for very high-energy neutrinos in coincidence with gamma-ray bursts by adding 4 autonomous battery operated detector strings to a central 4-floor NESTOR tower to create a low cost omnidirectional cubic-kilometer-sized array. NuBE has three phases: 1) develop the battery-powered optical modules, clocks data acquisition, and quick-look/control acoustic system for the fully autonomous strings; 2) deploy a single battery-operated test string > 100m from the NESTOR tower; and 3) deploy four strings at distances of > 300m from the Tower to provide >1 km2 effective area coverage for the high-energy neutrinos. Current theory predicts that this size detector will observe ~10-100 events per year having neutrinos of ~1014eV in coincidence with gamma-ray bursts detected by satellites. Establishing the time correlation between gamma and nu may lead to new tools for astrophysical investigation of fundamental physics.
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