AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY

We present the results and methodology of a search for neutrinos produced in the decay of charged pions created in interactions between protons and gamma-rays during the prompt emission of 807 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) over the entire sky. This three-year search is the first in IceCube for shower-like...

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Main Authors: Arguelles Delgado, Carlos A, Collin, G. H., Conrad, Janet Marie, Jones, Benjamin James Poyner
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Published: IOP Publishing 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114032
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-0438
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description We present the results and methodology of a search for neutrinos produced in the decay of charged pions created in interactions between protons and gamma-rays during the prompt emission of 807 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) over the entire sky. This three-year search is the first in IceCube for shower-like Cherenkov light patterns from electron, muon, and tau neutrinos correlated with GRBs. We detect five low-significance events correlated with five GRBs. These events are consistent with the background expectation from atmospheric muons and neutrinos. The results of this search in combination with those of IceCube's four years of searches for track-like Cherenkov light patterns from muon neutrinos correlated with Northern-Hemisphere GRBs produce limits that tightly constrain current models of neutrino and ultra high energy cosmic ray production in GRB fireballs. Keywords: gamma-ray burst; general methods; data analysis; neutrinos; telescopes
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spelling mit-1721.1/1140322022-09-23T14:45:00Z AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY Arguelles Delgado, Carlos A Collin, G. H. Conrad, Janet Marie Jones, Benjamin James Poyner Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science Arguelles Delgado, Carlos A Collin, G. H. Conrad, Janet Marie Jones, Benjamin James Poyner We present the results and methodology of a search for neutrinos produced in the decay of charged pions created in interactions between protons and gamma-rays during the prompt emission of 807 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) over the entire sky. This three-year search is the first in IceCube for shower-like Cherenkov light patterns from electron, muon, and tau neutrinos correlated with GRBs. We detect five low-significance events correlated with five GRBs. These events are consistent with the background expectation from atmospheric muons and neutrinos. The results of this search in combination with those of IceCube's four years of searches for track-like Cherenkov light patterns from muon neutrinos correlated with Northern-Hemisphere GRBs produce limits that tightly constrain current models of neutrino and ultra high energy cosmic ray production in GRB fireballs. Keywords: gamma-ray burst; general methods; data analysis; neutrinos; telescopes 2018-03-06T22:10:00Z 2018-03-06T22:10:00Z 2016-06 2016-04 2018-02-16T14:19:45Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1538-4357 0004-637X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114032 Aartsen, M. G. et al. “AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY.” The Astrophysical Journal 824, 2 (June 2016): 115 © 2016 American Astronomical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4186-4182 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-0438 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6243-1453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/824/2/115 Astrophysical Journal Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf IOP Publishing
spellingShingle Arguelles Delgado, Carlos A
Collin, G. H.
Conrad, Janet Marie
Jones, Benjamin James Poyner
AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
title AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
title_full AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
title_fullStr AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
title_full_unstemmed AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
title_short AN ALL-SKY SEARCH FOR THREE FLAVORS OF NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
title_sort all sky search for three flavors of neutrinos from gamma ray bursts with the icecube neutrino observatory
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