Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Solar flares convert magnetic energy into thermal and non-thermal plasma energy, the latter implying particle acceleration of charged particles such as protons. Protons are injected out of the coronal acceleration region and can interact with dense plasma in the lower solar atmosphere, producing...
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| description | Solar flares convert magnetic energy into thermal and non-thermal plasma
energy, the latter implying particle acceleration of charged particles such as
protons. Protons are injected out of the coronal acceleration region and can
interact with dense plasma in the lower solar atmosphere, producing mesons that
subsequently decay into gamma rays and neutrinos at O(MeV-GeV) energies. We
present the results of the first search for GeV neutrinos emitted during solar
flares carried out with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. While the experiment
was originally designed to detect neutrinos with energies between 10 GeV and a
few PeV, a new approach allowing for a O(GeV) energy threshold will be
presented. The resulting limits allow us to constrain some of the theoretical
estimates of the expected neutrino flux. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1420182023-06-12T17:32:20Z Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory Conrad, Janet Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Solar flares convert magnetic energy into thermal and non-thermal plasma energy, the latter implying particle acceleration of charged particles such as protons. Protons are injected out of the coronal acceleration region and can interact with dense plasma in the lower solar atmosphere, producing mesons that subsequently decay into gamma rays and neutrinos at O(MeV-GeV) energies. We present the results of the first search for GeV neutrinos emitted during solar flares carried out with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. While the experiment was originally designed to detect neutrinos with energies between 10 GeV and a few PeV, a new approach allowing for a O(GeV) energy threshold will be presented. The resulting limits allow us to constrain some of the theoretical estimates of the expected neutrino flux. 2022-04-21T17:20:48Z 2022-04-21T17:20:48Z 2021 2022-04-21T17:14:35Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142018 Conrad, Janet. 2021. "Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory." Physical Review D, 103 (10). en 10.1103/PHYSREVD.103.102001 Physical Review D 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 American Physical Society (APS) APS |
| spellingShingle | Conrad, Janet Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| title | Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| title_full | Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| title_fullStr | Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| title_short | Search for GeV neutrino emission during intense gamma-ray solar flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| title_sort | search for gev neutrino emission during intense gamma ray solar flares with the icecube neutrino observatory |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142018 |
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