2009ApJ...701L..47A


Query : 2009ApJ...701L..47A

2009ApJ...701L..47A - Astrophys. J., 701, L47-L51 (2009/August-2)

First neutrino point-source results from the 22 string icecube detector.

ABBASI R., ABDOU Y., ACKERMANN M., ADAMS J., AGUILAR J., AHLERS M., ANDEEN K., AUFFENBERG J., BAI X., BAKER M., BARWICK S.W., BAY R., BAZO ALBA J.L., BEATTIE K., BEATTY J.J., BECHET S., BECKER J.K., BECKER K.-H., BENABDERRAHMANE M.L., BERDERMANN J., BERGHAUS P., BERLEY D., BERNARDINI E., BERTRAND D., BESSON D.Z., BISSOK M., BLAUFUSS E., BOERSMA D.J., BOHM C., BOLMONT J., BOSER S., BOTNER O., BRADLEY L., BRAUN J., BREDER D., CASTERMANS T., CHIRKIN D., CHRISTY B., CLEM J., COHEN S., COWEN D.F., D'AGOSTINO M.V., DANNINGER M., DAY C.T., DE CLERCQ C., DEMIRORS L., DEPAEPE O., DESCAMPS F., DESIATI P., DE VRIES-UITERWEERD G., DEYOUNG T., DIAZ-VELEZ J.C., DREYER J., DUMM J.P., DUVOORT M.R., EDWARDS W.R., EHRLICH R., EISCH J., ELLSWORTH R.W., ENGDEGARD O., EULER S., EVENSON P.A., FADIRAN O., FAZELY A.R., FEUSELS T., FILIMONOV K., FINLEY C., FOERSTER M.M., FOX B.D., FRANCKOWIAK A., FRANKE R., GAISSER T.K., GALLAGHER J., GANUGAPATI R., GERHARDT L., GLADSTONE L., GOLDSCHMIDT A., GOODMAN J.A., GOZZINI R., GRANT D., GRIESEL T., GROSS A., GRULLON S., GUNASINGHA R.M., GURTNER M., HA C., HALLGREN A., HALZEN F., HAN K., HANSON K., HASEGAWA Y., HEISE J., HELBING K., HERQUET P., HICKFORD S., HILL G.C., HOFFMAN K.D., HOSHINA K., HUBERT D., HUELSNITZ W., HULSS J.-P., HULTH P.O., HULTQVIST K., HUSSAIN S., IMLAY R.L., INABA M., ISHIHARA A., JACOBSEN J., JAPARIDZE G.S., JOHANSSON H., JOSEPH J.M., KAMPERT K.-H., KAPPES A., KARG T., KARLE A., KELLEY J.L., KENNY P., KIRYLUK J., KISLAT F., KLEIN S.R., KLEPSER S., KNOPS S., KOHNEN G., KOLANOSKI H., KOPKE L., KOWALSKI M., KOWARIK T., KRASBERG M., KUEHN K., KUWABARA T., LABARE M., LAFEBRE S., LAIHEM K., LANDSMAN H., LAUER R., LEICH H., LENNARZ D., LUCKE A., LUNDBERG J., LUNEMANN J., MADSEN J., MAJUMDAR P., MARUYAMA R., MASE K., MATIS H.S., McPARLAND C.P., MEAGHER K., MERCK M., MESZAROS P., MIDDELL E., MILKE N., MIYAMOTO H., MOHR A., MONTARULI T., MORSE R., MOVIT S.M., MUNICH K., NAHNHAUER R., NAM J.W., NIESSEN P., NYGREN D.R., ODROWSKI S., OLIVAS A., OLIVO M., ONO M., PANKNIN S., PATTON S., PEREZ DE LOS HEROS C., PETROVIC J., PIEGSA A., PIELOTH D., POHL A.C., PORRATA R., POTTHOFF N., PRICE P.B., PRIKOCKIS M., PRZYBYLSKI G.T., RAWLINS K., REDL P., RESCONI E., RHODE W., RIBORDY M., RIZZO A., RODRIGUES J.P., ROTH P., ROTHMAIER F., ROTT C., ROUCELLE C., RUTLEDGE D., RYCKBOSCH D., SANDER H.-G., SARKAR S., SATALECKA K., SCHLENSTEDT S., SCHMIDT T., SCHNEIDER D., SCHUKRAFT A., SCHULZ O., SCHUNCK M., SECKEL D., SEMBURG B., SEO S.H., SESTAYO Y., SEUNARINE S., SILVESTRI A., SLIPAK A., SPICZAK G.M., SPIERING C., STAMATIKOS M., STANEV T., STEPHENS G., STEZELBERGER T., STOKSTAD R.G., STOUFER M.C., STOYANOV S., STRAHLER E.A., STRASZHEIM T., SULANKE K.-H., SULLIVAN G.W., SWILLENS Q., TABOADA I., TARASOVA O., TEPE A., TER-ANTONYAN S., TERRANOVA C., TILAV S., TLUCZYKONT M., TOALE P.A., TOSI D., TURCAN D., VAN EIJNDHOVEN N., VANDENBROUCKE J., VAN OVERLOOP A., VOIGT B., WALCK C., WALDENMAIER T., WALTER M., WENDT C., WESTERHOFF S., WHITEHORN N., WIEBUSCH C.H., WIEDEMANN A., WIKSTROM G., WILLIAMS D.R., WISCHNEWSKI R., WISSING H., WOSCHNAGG K., XU X.W., YODH G. (The IceCube Collaboration)

Abstract (from CDS):

We present new results of searches for neutrino point sources in the northern sky, using data recorded in 2007-2008 with 22 strings of the IceCube detector (approximately one-fourth of the planned total) and 275.7 days of live time. The final sample of 5114 neutrino candidate events agrees well with the expected background of atmospheric muon neutrinos and a small component of atmospheric muons. No evidence of a point source is found, with the most significant excess of events in the sky at 2.2σ after accounting for all trials. The average upper limit over the northern sky for point sources of muon-neutrinos with E –2 spectrum is, in the energy range from 3 TeV to 3 PeV, improving the previous best average upper limit by the AMANDA-II detector by a factor of 2.

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Journal keyword(s): acceleration of particles - cosmic rays - neutrinos

Simbad objects: 28

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Number of rows : 28
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 3C 66A BLL 02 22 39.6114771888 +43 02 07.799534304   15.71 15.21 14.5   ~ 942 2
2 RX J0232.8+2017 BLL 02 32 48.6148874688 +20 17 17.486717388     18.00 13.96   ~ 387 1
3 LS I +61 303 HXB 02 40 31.6644419688 +61 13 45.593918580 11.27 11.61 10.75 10.19 9.55 B0Ve 903 2
4 NGC 1275 Bla 03 19 48.1599902040 +41 30 42.108850836   13.10 12.48 11.09   ~ 4243 3
5 V* V518 Per HXB 04 21 42.7227473352 +32 54 26.939156184           M4.5V 670 0
6 QSO J0530+13 Bla 05 30 56.41674741 +13 31 55.1494688     20.00 19.35   ~ 1004 1
7 M 1 SNR 05 34 31.8 +22 01 03           ~ 6516 1
8 PSR J0633+1746 Psr 06 33 54.153 +17 46 12.91           ~ 1308 0
9 8C 0716+714 BLL 07 21 53.4482942664 +71 20 36.363846516   15.5 15.50 14.27   ~ 1388 1
10 Z 184-50 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2841 1
11 V* KV UMa HXB 11 18 10.7930420496 +48 02 12.314730120           K5V-M1V 865 0
12 3C 273 BLL 12 29 06.6998257176 +02 03 08.597629980   13.05 14.830 14.11   ~ 6022 1
13 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7815 3
14 RX J1428.5+4240 BLL 14 28 32.6090008440 +42 40 21.048123396   16.95 16.45 14.4   ~ 549 1
15 4C 38.41 Bla 16 35 15.49297809 +38 08 04.5005995   18.14 17.97 17.25   ~ 906 1
16 Z 225-7 BLL 16 53 52.21668403 +39 45 36.6088754 14.09 14.15 13.29 8.26   ~ 2304 2
17 ARGO J1907+0627 gam 19 08 12.24 +06 23 30.8           ~ 94 0
18 SS 433 HXB 19 11 49.5647697480 +04 58 57.827127648   16.854 14.643     A7Ib 2253 4
19 Granat 1915+105 HXB 19 15 11.55576 +10 56 44.9052           ~ 2810 0
20 HD 226868 HXB 19 58 21.6757355952 +35 12 05.784512688 9.38 9.72 8.91 8.42   O9.7Iabpvar 4590 0
21 MCG+07-41-003 Bla 19 59 28.35656837 +40 44 02.0972325   16.22 15.10     ~ 2537 2
22 QSO B1959+650 BLL 19 59 59.8520303688 +65 08 54.652536492     12.8 11.21   ~ 699 2
23 1LHAASO J2018+3643u gam 20 18.6 +36 43           ~ 67 0
24 Ass Cyg OB 2 As* 20 33.2 +41 19           ~ 1023 0
25 NAME BL Lac BLL 22 02 43.2913536816 +42 16 39.979416792   15.66 14.72     ~ 2397 1
26 3C 454.3 Bla 22 53 57.7480438728 +16 08 53.561508864   16.57 16.10 15.22   ~ 3004 2
27 NAME Cas A SNR 23 23 26.0 +58 48 41     14.30     ~ 3033 1
28 QSO B2344+514 BLL 23 47 04.8372110928 +51 42 17.877513168     15.50 10.7   ~ 500 1

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