First all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore data

Since the discovery of a flux of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, searches for their origins have focused primarily at TeV-PeV energies. Compared to sub-TeV searches, high-energy searches benefit from an increase in the neutrino cross section, improved angular resolution on the neutrino directio...

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Main Authors: Abbasi, R, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Aguilar, JA, Ahlers, M, Ahrens, M, Alispach, C, Jr, AAA, Amin, NM, Andeen, K, Anderson, T, Ansseau, I, Anton, G, Arguelles, C, Axani, S, Bai, X, Balagopal, A, Barbano, A, Barwick, SW, Bastian, B, Basu, V, Baum, V, Baur, S, Bay, R, Beatty, JJ, Becker, K-H, Tjus, JB, Bellenghi, C, BenZvi, S, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Besson, DZ, Binder, G, Bindig, D, Blaufuss, E, Blot, S, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Boettcher, J, Bourbeau, E, Bourbeau, J, Bradascio, F, Braun, J, Bron, S, Brostean-Kaiser, J, Burgman, A, Busse, RS, Campana, MA, Chen, C, Sarkar, S
Other Authors: The IceCube Collaboration
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022
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author Abbasi, R
Ackermann, M
Adams, J
Aguilar, JA
Ahlers, M
Ahrens, M
Alispach, C
Jr, AAA
Amin, NM
Andeen, K
Anderson, T
Ansseau, I
Anton, G
Arguelles, C
Axani, S
Bai, X
Balagopal, A
Barbano, A
Barwick, SW
Bastian, B
Basu, V
Baum, V
Baur, S
Bay, R
Beatty, JJ
Becker, K-H
Tjus, JB
Bellenghi, C
BenZvi, S
Berley, D
Bernardini, E
Besson, DZ
Binder, G
Bindig, D
Blaufuss, E
Blot, S
Boeser, S
Botner, O
Boettcher, J
Bourbeau, E
Bourbeau, J
Bradascio, F
Braun, J
Bron, S
Brostean-Kaiser, J
Burgman, A
Busse, RS
Campana, MA
Chen, C
Sarkar, S
author2 The IceCube Collaboration
author_facet The IceCube Collaboration
Abbasi, R
Ackermann, M
Adams, J
Aguilar, JA
Ahlers, M
Ahrens, M
Alispach, C
Jr, AAA
Amin, NM
Andeen, K
Anderson, T
Ansseau, I
Anton, G
Arguelles, C
Axani, S
Bai, X
Balagopal, A
Barbano, A
Barwick, SW
Bastian, B
Basu, V
Baum, V
Baur, S
Bay, R
Beatty, JJ
Becker, K-H
Tjus, JB
Bellenghi, C
BenZvi, S
Berley, D
Bernardini, E
Besson, DZ
Binder, G
Bindig, D
Blaufuss, E
Blot, S
Boeser, S
Botner, O
Boettcher, J
Bourbeau, E
Bourbeau, J
Bradascio, F
Braun, J
Bron, S
Brostean-Kaiser, J
Burgman, A
Busse, RS
Campana, MA
Chen, C
Sarkar, S
author_sort Abbasi, R
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description Since the discovery of a flux of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, searches for their origins have focused primarily at TeV-PeV energies. Compared to sub-TeV searches, high-energy searches benefit from an increase in the neutrino cross section, improved angular resolution on the neutrino direction, and a reduced background from atmospheric neutrinos and muons. However, the focus on high energy does not preclude the existence of sub-TeV neutrino emission where IceCube retains sensitivity. Here we present the first all-flavor search from IceCube for transient emission of low-energy neutrinos, focusing on the energy region of 5.6-100 GeV using three years of data obtained with the IceCube-DeepCore detector. We find no evidence of transient neutrino emission in the data, thus leading to a constraint on the volumetric rate of astrophysical transient sources in the range of ∼ 705-2301 Gpc-3 yr-1 for sources following a subphotospheric energy spectrum with a mean energy of 100 GeV and a bolometric energy of 1052 erg.
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spelling oxford-uuid:40c5a914-e822-4e75-b415-9430200fd1bc2023-01-18T09:31:22ZFirst all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore dataJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:40c5a914-e822-4e75-b415-9430200fd1bcEnglishSymplectic ElementsIOP Publishing2022Abbasi, RAckermann, MAdams, JAguilar, JAAhlers, MAhrens, MAlispach, CJr, AAAAmin, NMAndeen, KAnderson, TAnsseau, IAnton, GArguelles, CAxani, SBai, XBalagopal, ABarbano, ABarwick, SWBastian, BBasu, VBaum, VBaur, SBay, RBeatty, JJBecker, K-HTjus, JBBellenghi, CBenZvi, SBerley, DBernardini, EBesson, DZBinder, GBindig, DBlaufuss, EBlot, SBoeser, SBotner, OBoettcher, JBourbeau, EBourbeau, JBradascio, FBraun, JBron, SBrostean-Kaiser, JBurgman, ABusse, RSCampana, MAChen, CSarkar, SThe IceCube CollaborationSince the discovery of a flux of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, searches for their origins have focused primarily at TeV-PeV energies. Compared to sub-TeV searches, high-energy searches benefit from an increase in the neutrino cross section, improved angular resolution on the neutrino direction, and a reduced background from atmospheric neutrinos and muons. However, the focus on high energy does not preclude the existence of sub-TeV neutrino emission where IceCube retains sensitivity. Here we present the first all-flavor search from IceCube for transient emission of low-energy neutrinos, focusing on the energy region of 5.6-100 GeV using three years of data obtained with the IceCube-DeepCore detector. We find no evidence of transient neutrino emission in the data, thus leading to a constraint on the volumetric rate of astrophysical transient sources in the range of ∼ 705-2301 Gpc-3 yr-1 for sources following a subphotospheric energy spectrum with a mean energy of 100 GeV and a bolometric energy of 1052 erg.
spellingShingle Abbasi, R
Ackermann, M
Adams, J
Aguilar, JA
Ahlers, M
Ahrens, M
Alispach, C
Jr, AAA
Amin, NM
Andeen, K
Anderson, T
Ansseau, I
Anton, G
Arguelles, C
Axani, S
Bai, X
Balagopal, A
Barbano, A
Barwick, SW
Bastian, B
Basu, V
Baum, V
Baur, S
Bay, R
Beatty, JJ
Becker, K-H
Tjus, JB
Bellenghi, C
BenZvi, S
Berley, D
Bernardini, E
Besson, DZ
Binder, G
Bindig, D
Blaufuss, E
Blot, S
Boeser, S
Botner, O
Boettcher, J
Bourbeau, E
Bourbeau, J
Bradascio, F
Braun, J
Bron, S
Brostean-Kaiser, J
Burgman, A
Busse, RS
Campana, MA
Chen, C
Sarkar, S
First all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore data
title First all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore data
title_full First all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore data
title_fullStr First all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore data
title_full_unstemmed First all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore data
title_short First all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore data
title_sort first all flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3 years of icecube deepcore data
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