2012ApJ...748..118A


Query : 2012ApJ...748..118A

2012ApJ...748..118A - Astrophys. J., 748, 118 (2012/April-1)

Searches for periodic neutrino emission from binary systems with 22 and 40 strings of IceCube.

ABBASI R., ABDOU Y., ABU-ZAYYAD T., ACKERMANN M., ADAMS J., AGUILAR J.A., AHLERS M., ALLEN M.M., ALTMANN D., 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., BENZVI S., BERDERMANN J., BERGHAUS P., BERLEY D., BERNARDINI E., BERTRAND D., BESSON D.Z., BINDIG D., BISSOK M., BLAUFUSS E., BLUMENTHAL J., BOERSMA D.J., BOHM C., BOSE D., BOSER S., BOTNER O., BROWN A.M., BUITINK S., CABALLERO-MORA K.S., CARSON M., CHIRKIN D., CHRISTY B., CLEVERMANN F., COHEN S., COLNARD C., COWEN D.F., CRUZ SILVA A.H., D'AGOSTINO M.V., DANNINGER M., DAUGHHETEE J., DAVIS J.C., DE CLERCQ C., DEGNER T., DEMIRORS L., DESCAMPS F., DESIATI P., DE VRIES-UITERWEERD G., DEYOUNG T., DIAZ-VELEZ J.C., DIERCKXSENS M., DREYER J., DUMM J.P., DUNKMAN M., EISCH J., ELLSWORTH R.W., ENGDEGARD O., EULER S., EVENSON P.A., FADIRAN O., FAZELY A.R., FEDYNITCH A., FEINTZEIG J., FEUSELS T., FILIMONOV K., FINLEY C., FISCHER-WASELS T., FOX B.D., FRANCKOWIAK A., FRANKE R., GAISSER T.K., GALLAGHER J., GERHARDT L., GLADSTONE L., GLUSENKAMP T., GOLDSCHMIDT A., GOODMAN J.A., GORA D., GRANT D., GRIESEL T., GROSS A., GRULLON S., GURTNER M., HA C., HAJ ISMAIL A., HALLGREN A., HALZEN F., HAN K., HANSON K., HEINEN D., HELBING K., HELLAUER R., HICKFORD S., HILL G.C., HOFFMAN K.D., HOFFMANN B., HOMEIER A., HOSHINA K., HUELSNITZ W., HULSS J.-P., HULTH P.O., HULTQVIST K., HUSSAIN S., ISHIHARA A., JACOBI E., JACOBSEN J., JAPARIDZE G.S., JOHANSSON H., KAMPERT K.-H., KAPPES A., KARG T., KARLE A., KENNY P., KIRYLUK J., KISLAT F., KLEIN S.R., KOHNE J.-H., KOHNEN G., KOLANOSKI H., KOPKE L., KOPPER S., KOSKINEN D.J., KOWALSKI M., KOWARIK T., KRASBERG M., KROLL G., KURAHASHI N., KUWABARA T., LABARE M., LAIHEM K., LANDSMAN H., LARSON M.J., LAUER R., LUNEMANN J., MADSEN J., MAROTTA A., MARUYAMA R., MASE K., MATIS H.S., MEAGHER K., MERCK M., MESZAROS P., MEURES T., MIARECKI S., MIDDELL E., MILKE N., MILLER J., MONTARULI T., MORSE R., MOVIT S.M., NAHNHAUER R., NAM J.W., NAUMANN U., NYGREN D.R., ODROWSKI S., OLIVAS A., OLIVO M., O'MURCHADHA A., PANKNIN S., PAUL L., PEREZ DE LOS HEROS C., PETROVIC J., PIEGSA A., PIELOTH D., PORRATA R., POSSELT J., PRICE P.B., PRZYBYLSKI G.T., RAWLINS K., REDL P., RESCONI E., RHODE W., RIBORDY M., RICHMAN M., RODRIGUES J.P., ROTHMAIER F., ROTT C., RUHE T., RUTLEDGE D., RUZYBAYEV B., RYCKBOSCH D., SANDER H.-G., SANTANDER M., SARKAR S., SCHATTO K., SCHMIDT T., SCHONWALD A., SCHUKRAFT A., SCHULTES A., SCHULZ O., SCHUNCK M., SECKEL D., SEMBURG B., SEO S.H., SESTAYO Y., SEUNARINE S., SILVESTRI A., SPICZAK G.M., SPIERING C., STAMATIKOS M., STANEV T., STEZELBERGER T., STOKSTAD R.G., STOSSL A., STRAHLER E.A., STROM R., STUER M., SULLIVAN G.W., SWILLENS Q., TAAVOLA H., TABOADA I., TAMBURRO A., TEPE A., TER-ANTONYAN S., TILAV S., TOALE P.A., TOSCANO S., TOSI D., VAN EIJNDHOVEN N., VANDENBROUCKE J., VAN OVERLOOP A., VAN SANTEN J., VEHRING M., VOGE M., WALCK C., WALDENMAIER T., WALLRAFF M., WALTER M., WEAVER Ch., WENDT C., WESTERHOFF S., WHITEHORN N., WIEBE K., WIEBUSCH C.H., WILLIAMS D.R., WISCHNEWSKI R., WISSING H., WOLF M., WOOD T.R., WOSCHNAGG K., XU C., XU D.L., XU X.W., YANEZ J.P., YODH G., YOSHIDA S., ZARZHITSKY P., ZOLL M. (The IceCube Collaboration)

Abstract (from CDS):

In this paper, we present the results of searches for periodic neutrino emission from a catalog of binary systems. Such modulation, observed in the photon flux, would be caused by the geometry of these systems. In the analysis, the period is fixed by these photon observations, while the phase and duration of the neutrino emission are treated as free parameters to be fit with the data. If the emission occurs during ∼20% or less of the total period, this analysis achieves better sensitivity than a time-integrated analysis. We use the IceCube data taken from 2007 May 31 to 2008 April 5 with its 22 string configuration and from 2008 April 5 to 2009 May 20 with its 40 string configuration. No evidence for neutrino emission is found, with the strongest excess occurring for Cygnus X-3 at 2.1σ significance after accounting for trials. Neutrino flux upper limits for both periodic and time-integrated emission are provided.

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Journal keyword(s): astroparticle physics - binaries: general - neutrinos

Simbad objects: 11

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Number of rows : 11
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
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1 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
2 V* V518 Per HXB 04 21 42.7227473352 +32 54 26.939156184           M4.5V 670 0
3 HD 259440 HXB 06 32 59.2566076656 +05 48 01.160755848 9.17 9.63 9.15     B0pe 256 0
4 V* KV UMa HXB 11 18 10.7930420496 +48 02 12.314730120           K5V-M1V 865 0
5 CPD-63 2495 HXB 13 02 47.6544015048 -63 50 08.626970292 10.34 10.72 9.98 10.03   O9.5Ve 852 0
6 V* V479 Sct HXB 18 26 15.0561548880 -14 50 54.247274304 12.02 12.23 11.27 11.04   ON6V((f))z 613 2
7 SS 433 HXB 19 11 49.5647697480 +04 58 57.827127648   16.854 14.643     A7Ib 2253 4
8 SNR G039.7-02.0 SNR 19 12 20 +04 55.0           ~ 378 1
9 Granat 1915+105 HXB 19 15 11.55576 +10 56 44.9052           ~ 2810 0
10 HD 226868 HXB 19 58 21.6757355952 +35 12 05.784512688 9.38 9.72 8.91 8.42   O9.7Iabpvar 4590 0
11 V* V1521 Cyg HXB 20 32 25.78 +40 57 27.9           WN4/5-6/7 2035 2

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