IceCube - Astrophysics and Astroparticle Physics at the South Pole

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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole has been completed in December 2010.

• In this paper we describe the final detector and report results on physics and performance using data taken at different stages of the yet incomplete detector.
• No signals for cosmic neutrinos from point sources and diffuse fluxes have been found.
• Prospects of these searches, including the setup of multi-messenger programs, are discussed.