Search for astrophysical tau neutrinos in three years of IceCube data

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has observed a diffuse flux of TeV-PeV astrophysical neutrinos at 5.7σ significance from an all-flavor search. The direct detection of tau neutrinos in this flux has yet to occur. Tau neutrinos become distinguishable from other flavors in IceCube at energies above a...

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Main Authors: IceCube Collaboration, Aartsen, M, Abraham, K, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Aguilar, J, Ahlers, M, Ahrens, M, Altmann, D, Anderson, T, Ansseau, I, Archinger, M, Arguelles, C, Arlen, T, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Barwick, S, Baum, V, Bay, R, Beatty, J, Tjus, J, Becker, K, Beiser, E, BenZvi, S, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bernhard, A, Besson, D, Binder, G, Bindig, D, Bissok, M, Blaufuss, E, Blumenthal, J, Boersma, D, Bohm, C, Boerner, M, Bos, F, Bose, D, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Braun, J, Brayeur, L, Bretz, H, Buzinsky, N, Casey, J, Casier, M, Cheung, E, Chirkin, D, Christov, A, Clark, K, Classen, L, Coenders, S, Cowen, D, Silva, A, Daughhetee, J, Davis, J, Day, M, de Andre, J, De Clercq, C, Rosendo, E, Dembinski, H, De Ridder, S, Desiati, P, de Vries, K, de Wasseige, G, de With, M, De Young, T, Diaz-Velez, J, di Lorenzo, V, Dumm, J, Dunkman, M, Eagan, R, Eberhardt, B, Ehrhardt, T, Eichmann, B, Euler, S, Evenson, P, Fadiran, O, Fahey, S, Fazely, A, Fedynitch, A, Feintzeig, J, Felde, J, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Fischer-Wasels, T, Flis, S, Foesig, C, Fuchs, T, Gaisser, T, Gaior, R, Gallagher, J, Gerhardt, L, Ghorbani, K, Gier, D, Gladstone, L, Glagla, M, Gluesenkamp, T, Goldschmidt, A, Golup, G, Gonzalez, J, Gora, D, Grant, D, Groh, J, Gross, A, Ha, C, Haack, C, Ismail, A, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Hansen, E, Hansmann, B, Hanson, K, Hebecker, D, Heereman, D, Helbing, K, Hellauer, R, Hickford, S, Hignight, J, Hill, G, Hoffman, K, Hoffmann, R, Holzapfel, K, Homeier, A, Hoshina, K, Huang, F, Huber, M, Huelsnitz, W, Hulth, P, Hultqvist, K, In, S, Ishihara, A, Jacobi, E, Japaridze, G, Jero, K, Jurkovic, M, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kauer, M, Keivani, A, Kelley, J, Kemp, J, Kheirandish, A, Kiryluk, J, Klaes, J, Klein, SR, Kohnen, G, Koirala, R, Kolanoski, H, Konietz, R, Koepke, L, Kopper, C, Kopper, S, Koskinen, D, Kowalski, M, Krings, K, Kroll, G, Kroll, M, Kunnen, J, Kurahashi, N, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Lanfranchi, J, Larson, M, Lesiak-Bzdak, M, Leuermann, M, Leuner, J, Lu, L, Luenemann, J, Madsen, J, Maggi, G, Mahn, K, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, H, Maunu, R, McNally, F, Meagher, K, Medici, M, Meli, A, Menne, T, Merino, G, Meures, T, Miarecki, S, Middell, E, Middlemas, E, Mohrmann, L, Montaruli, T, Morse, R, Nahnhauer, R, Naumann, U, Neer, G, Niederhausen, H, Nowicki, S, Nygren, DR, Obertacke, A, Olivas, A, Omairat, A, O'Murchadha, A, Palczewski, T, Pandya, H, Pankova, D, Paul, L, Heros, C, Pfendner, C, Pieloth, D, Pinat, E, Posselt, J, Price, P, Przybylski, G, Puetz, J, Quinnan, M, Raab, C, Raedel, L, Rameez, M, Rawlins, K, Reimann, R, Relich, M, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Richman, M, Richter, S, Riedel, B, Robertson, S, Rongen, M, Rott, C, Ruhe, T, Ryckbosch, D, Saba, S, Sabbatini, L, Sander, H, Sandrock, A, Sandroos, J, Sarkar, S, Schatto, K, Scheriau, F, Schimp, M, Schmidt, T, Schmitz, M, Schoenen, S, Schoeneberg, S, Schoenwald, A, Schulte, L, Seckel, D, Seunarine, S, Smith, M, Soldin, D, Song, M, Spiczak, G, Spiering, C, Stahlberg, M, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Stanisha, N, Stasik, A, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, R, Stoessl, A, Stroem, R, Strotjohann, N, Sullivan, G, Sutherland, M, Taavola, H, Taboada, I, Tatar, J, Ter-Antonyan, S, Terliuk, A, Tesic, G, Tilav, S, Toale, P, Tobin, M, Toscano, S, Tosi, D, Tselengidou, M, Turcati, A, Unger, E, Usner, M, Vallecorsa, S, Vandenbroucke, J, van Eijndhoven, N, Vanheule, S, van Santen, J, Veenkamp, J, Vehring, M, Voge, M, Vraeghe, M, Walck, C, Wallace, A, Wallraff, M, Wandkowsky, N, Weaver, C, Wendt, C, Westerhoff, S, Whelan, B, Whitehorn, N, Wiebe, K, Wiebusch, C, Wille, L, Williams, DR, Wissing, H, Wolf, M, Wood, T, Woschnagg, K, Xu, D, Xu, X, Xu, Y, Yanez, J, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, Zoll, M
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Published: American Physical Society 2016